quinidine, Quinidex, Quinora
(noun) cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
Source: WordNet® 3.1
quinidine (countable and uncountable, plural quinidines)
(organic compound, medicine) An isomer of quinine that is used as an antiarrhythmic agent.
Source: Wiktionary
Quin"i*dine, n. (Chem.)
Definition: An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge. [Written also chinidine.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
