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quinia 奎宁 奎宁 Quinine \ Qui" nine\, n. [ F. ( cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. { Kinic}.] ( Chem.) 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. [ Written also { chinine}.] [ 1913 Webster]
Quinia \ Quin" i* a\, n. [ NL.] ( Chem.) Quinine. [ 1913 Webster]
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