Cinchona+bark
121cinchonine — A quinoline alkaloid prepared from the bark of several species of Cinchona; a tonic and antimalarial agent. Several c. salts are available. * * * cin·cho·nine siŋ kə .nēn, sin chə n a bitter white crystalline alkaloid C19H22N2O found esp. in… …
122quinine — [ kwɪni:n, kwɪ ni:n] noun a bitter crystalline compound present in cinchona bark, used as a tonic and formerly as an antimalarial drug. Origin C19: from Sp. quina cinchona bark (from Quechua kina bark ) + ine4 …
123quinquina — n. Cinchona, Jesuit s bark, Peruvian bark, Cinchona bark …
124quinine — n. 1 an alkaloid found esp. in cinchona bark. 2 a bitter drug containing this, used as a tonic and to reduce fever. Etymology: quina cinchona bark f. Sp. quina f. Quecha kina bark …
125cinchonism — Poisoning by cinchona, quinine, or quinidine; characterized by tinnitus, headache, deafness, and occasionally, anaphylactoid shock. SYN: quininism. * * * cin·cho·nism siŋ kə .niz əm, sin chə …
126quinine — noun Etymology: Spanish quina cinchona, from Quechua kina bark Date: 1825 1. a bitter crystalline alkaloid C20H24N2O2 from cinchona bark used in medicine 2. a salt of quinine used especially as an antipyretic, antimalarial, and bitter tonic …
127calisaya — /kal euh say yeuh/, n. the medicinal bark of the tree Cinchona calisaya. [1830 40; < NL, after Calisaya, name of the Bolivian Indian who told the whites about the medicinal values of cinchona bark] * * * …
128quinine — [kwī′nīn΄; ] chiefly Brit [ kwi nēn′] n. [< quina, cinchona bark (< Sp < Quechua quinina, medicinal plant) + INE3] 1. a bitter, crystalline alkaloid, C20H24N2O2, extracted from cinchona bark 2. any compound of this, as quinine sulfate,… …
