| 单词 | quinine |
| 释义 | quinine /kwuy"nuyn, kwin"uyn/ or, esp. Brit., /kwi neen"/, n. Chem., Pharm. 1. a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C20H24N2O2, having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria. 2. a salt of this alkaloid, esp. the sulfate. [1820-30; < Sp quin(a) ( < Quechua kina bark) + -INE2] |
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