Quinology

Qui`nol´o`gy

The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine.

(kwin-ol'ŏ-jē), The botany, chemistry, pharmacology, and therapeutics of cinchona and its alkaloids. [Sp. quina, cinchona, + G. logos, study]

An obsolete term for the study of cinchona and its alkaloids; it is not used in the working medical parlance.

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