Quinine

['kwɪniːn;kwɪ'niːn] or [kwɪ'nin]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy.

手打:尼尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc.

手打:雷克斯

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Quinia.[2]. Sulphate of quinia, sulphate of quinine.

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解釋/意思:

n. a colourless inodorous and very bitter alkaloid obtained from the bark of the Cinchona tree its salts used for agues and fevers.—ns. Quī′na the bark of various species of Cinchona; Quinam′ine a natural white crystalline alkaloid obtained from various Cinchona barks; Quinaquī′na the bark of various species of Cinchona.—adj. Quin′ic pertaining to or derived from quinine.—ns. Quin′idine a white crystalline compound isomeric with quinine found in some Cinchona barks; Quinol′ogy the knowledge of quinine and other Cinchona alkaloids.

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