QUINIDINES

Noun

quinidines

plural of quinidine

Source: Wiktionary


QUINIDINE

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



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