单词 | quinia |
释义 | quinian. Chemistry. Now rare. = quinine n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > febrifuge or antipyretic > [noun] > plant-derived ague tree1597 diaprune1625 fever bark1658 Peruvian bark1663 quinquina1681 quinaquina1708 Angostura bark1789 Angostura1794 cinchona1800 cinchona-bark1811 quinia1823 quinine1824 cinchonine1825 quina1825 quinina1825 cinchonia1831 fever grass1875 quinetum1875 parsley camphor1879 parthenin1885 parthenicine1888 artemisinin1979 1823 W. Henry Elements Exper. Chem. (ed. 9) II. x. 288 Quinia was discovered by Pelletier and Caventou in the bark of the Cinchona Cordifolia. 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xxxii. 314 The greatest part of the sulphate of quinia used in this country is imported from France. 1855 S. D. Gross Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 2) i. iii. 200 When hectic irritation is present, the best remedies are quinia and elixir of vitriol. 1899 Science 25 Aug. 241/2 The phenomenon may be akin to fluorescence, as when quinia sulphate converts the invisible ultraviolet rays of the spectrum into lower rays or visible light. 1919 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 38 42 Some of the best chemicals to try out [for making mounts of crystals] are..quinia, salicin, sugar, etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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