quinine
IPA: kwˈaɪnaɪn
noun
- (pharmacology) An alkaloid with the chemical formula C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂ originally derived from cinchona bark (from plants of the genus Cinchona) used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water, which presents as a bitter colourless powder; also, a drug containing quinine or a chemical compound derived from it.
verb
- (transitive, archaic) To treat (someone) with quinine.
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Examples of "quinine" in Sentences
- Quinine was used as a prophylaxis.
- Examples include mefloquine and quinine.
- Quinine or phenytoin may decrease cramps.
- Quinine is medically used to treat malaria.
- Quinidine is a direct derivative of quinine.
- Quinine remains important for treatment of malaria.
- Many men indulge in what we call the quinine habit.
- It is cherry in flavor with a background of quinine.
- It was considered, by some, to be superior to quinine.
- This was the first introduction of quinine into Europe.
- Quinine is an acceptable alternative if parenteral artesunate is not available.
- But she had no idea whether it was even called quinine here, or how it was administered.
- In the 1790s, Hahnemann undertook an experiment with Peruvian bark, the source of quinine, which is now used to treat malaria.
- For example, the FDA ordered a number of manufacturers to stop marketing unapproved drugs that contain quinine, which is often used to treat leg cramps.
- This infection often resists all human therapeutic measures, and is even aggravated by the use of quinine, which is given during the recurrent paroxysms of fever.
- The experiment was successful and so many trees were afterward planted that Java now furnishes about half the world's supply of quinine, which is extracted from the bark of the tree.
- Their great value depends upon the presence of certain alkaloid substances called quinine, cinchonine, and quinidine, which exist in the bark in combination with tannic and other acids.
- I hesitate to advise this, because I fear to induce any one to abandon quinine, which is the great weapon against malaria, and not from any want of faith in Dr. Plehn, for he has studied malarial fevers in Cameroon with the greatest energy and devotion, bringing to bear on the subject a sound German mind trained in a German way, and than this, for such subjects, no better thing exists.