quinetumn.
/kwᵻˈniːtəm/, U.S. /kwaɪˈnidəm/ Medicine. Now disused.
A mixture of alkaloids obtained from cinchona bark, used, esp. in India, as a substitute for quinine in the treatment of malaria.
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diaprune1625
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quinquina1681
quinaquina1708
Angostura bark1789
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cinchona-bark1811
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quinine1824
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1875 Lancet 13 Nov. 704/2 We have analysed samples of the so-called quinetum and its sulphate, and find that they are exactly what they profess to be.
1891 W. Martindale Extra Pharmacop. 326 Quinetum..consists principally of cinchonidine.
1939 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) III. 169/1 The Malaria Commission..proposed in 1931 that the name quinetum should be restricted to a mixture in equal parts of quinine, cinchonine, and cinchonidine.
1942 Lancet 8 Aug. 155/2 They have been in use, especially in India, extracted from the bark along with the quinine as cinchona febrifuge, or after the quinine has been removed as quinetum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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