chinin — meaning in English
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English meaning
- quinine noun A bitter compound extracted from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and to flavour tonic water.
Senses
chinin is used for these senses in English:
- quinine (pharmaceutical drug) 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. [from early 19th c.]