quinine

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English - Turkish
kinin
(Tıp) Cinchema'dan çıkarılan beyaz acı bir akaloid olup, mukavvi ve nöbet kesicidir, kinin (C20H21N2 O)
(isim) kinin

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quinine water
kininli su
English - English
A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water
employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic
A spindle, or spool, as of reed or wood, upon which the thread for the woof is wound in a shuttle
The bark of a rosaceous tree (Quillaja Saponaria), native of Chili
To plaint in small cylindrical ridges, called quillings; as, to quill aruffle
IS TOXIC TO THE NEURORETINA PRODUCING A SIMILAR APPEARANCE TO CENTRAL RETINA AETERY OCCLUSION WITH CLOUDY INTRACELLUAR OEDEMA AFTER ACUTE POISONING
A bitter crystalline alkaloid from cinchona bark used in medicine
Cinchona Calisaya as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2
Quinine is a drug that is used to treat fevers such as malaria. a drug used for treating fevers, especially malaria (quina name of the tree from which quinine is obtained, from quinaquina). Alkaloid found in the bark of cinchona trees and shrubs. The chemical structure of this heterocyclic compound is large and complex, with several rings. For the 300 years preceding the 1940s, when newer antimalarials were developed, quinine was the only drug known to Western medicine for the prevention and treatment of malaria. The first chemical compound ever used successfully against an infectious disease, it has benefited more people than any other such drug in history and is still used to treat malaria, often in combination with other drugs. Quinine is also a flavouring agent in some carbonated beverages, including tonic water
A roll of dried bark; as, a quill of cinnamon or of cinchona
To wind on a quill, as thread or yarn
any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc
A hollow spindle
The drug treatment for malaria
A bitter-tasting drug obtained from the bark of the cinchona tree This plant is related to coffee and gardenia Quinine has been used in the treatment of malaria
in the past, quinine was responsible for producing sensorineural impairment, as it was a popular agent in the treatment of malaria and even the common cold With the control of malaria, and the development of other drugs for treating malaria, quinine is no longer extensively used Today, the drugs that are chiefly responsible for causing sensori-neural hearing loss are streptomycin, or more properly, dihydrostreptomycin, which has a toxic effect on the acoustic portion of the eighth nerve, neomycin and kanamycin
{i} medication used to treat malaria
The bark is finely laminated, and very heavy with alkaline substances, and is
Called also quinia, quinina, etc
An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona esp
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy Something having the form of a quill The fold or plain of a ruff
Hence, by extension Med
quinia

Related Terms

quinine tablets
medication tablets used to treat fever
quinine

    Hyphenation

    qui·nine

    Turkish pronunciation

    kwaynayn

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkwīˌnīn/ /ˈkwaɪˌnaɪn/

    Etymology

    () From Spanish quina (“cinchona bark”), from Quechua kina.
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