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Meaning of "quinine" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUININE

From Spanish quina cinchona bark, from Quechua kina bark.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUININE

quinine  [kwɪˈniːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUININE

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Quinine is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUININE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

quinine

Quinine

Quinine is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic, antimalarial, analgesic, and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. It is a stereoisomer of quinidine, which, unlike quinine, is an antiarrhythmic. Quinine contains two major fused-ring systems: the aromatic quinoline and the bicyclic quinuclidine. Quinine occurs naturally in the bark of the cinchona tree, though it has also been synthesized in the laboratory. The medicinal properties of the cinchona tree were originally discovered by the Quechua, who are indigenous to Peru and Bolivia; later, the Jesuits were the first to bring cinchona to Europe. Quinine was the first effective Western treatment for malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum, appearing in therapeutics in the 17th century. It is pre-dated as a malarial treatment by the Chinese herbalist's use of Artemisia Annua, described in a 4th-century text, a plant from which the antimalarial drug Artemisinin was derived. It remained the antimalarial drug of choice until the 1940s, when other drugs such as chloroquine that have fewer unpleasant side effects replaced it.

Definition of quinine in the English dictionary

The definition of quinine in the dictionary is a bitter crystalline alkaloid extracted from cinchona bark, the salts of which are used as a tonic, antipyretic, analgesic, etc, and in malaria therapy. Formula: C20H24N2O2.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUININE


alanine
ˈæləˌniːn
antivenene
ˌæntɪvɪˈniːn
Benin
bɛˈniːn
conine
ˈkəʊniːn
cotinine
ˈkɒtəˌniːn
creatinine
kriːˈætəˌniːn
cyanine
ˈsaɪəˌniːn
dynein
ˈdaɪniːn
guanine
ˈɡwɑːniːn
limonene
ˈlɪməˌniːn
mavourneen
məˈvʊəniːn
mavournin
məˈvʊəniːn
methionine
mɛˈθaɪəˌniːn
mezzanine
ˈmɛzəˌniːn
phenylalanine
ˌfiːnaɪlˈæləˌniːn
phthalocyanine
ˌθæləʊˈsaɪəˌniːn
pinene
ˈpaɪniːn
strychnine
ˈstrɪkniːn
threonine
ˈθriːəˌniːn
triiodothyronine
ˌtraɪaɪˌəʊdəʊˈθaɪrəˌniːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUININE

quindecagon
quindecaplet
quindecennial
quindecillion
quine
quinella
quingentenary
quinic acid
quinidine
quinie
Quinn
quinnat
quinnat salmon
quinoa
quinoid
quinoidal
quinol
quinoline
quinolone
quinone

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUININE

adenine
antifeminine
arginine
asinine
canine
feminine
gelseminine
hominine
hydrastinine
leonine
nine
nine-nine-nine
on cloud nine
oscinine
pennine
saponine
saturnine
sixty-nine
ultrafeminine
unfeminine

Synonyms and antonyms of quinine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quinine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUININE

Find out the translation of quinine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quinine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quinine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

奎宁
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quinina
570 millions of speakers

English

quinine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुनैन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكينين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

хинин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quinino
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুইনাইন্
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quinine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kina
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Chinin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

キニーネ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

퀴닌 (quinine)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quinine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

qui nin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குயினைன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोइनाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kinin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chinino
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chinina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хінін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chinina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κινίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kinien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kinin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kinin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quinine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUININE»

The term «quinine» is regularly used and occupies the 67.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUININE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quinine» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quinine» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quinine

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUININE»

Discover the use of quinine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quinine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quinine: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World
From the quest of the Englishmen who smuggled cinchona seeds out of South America to the way in which quinine opened the door to Western imperial adventure in Asia, Africa, and beyond, and to malaria's effects even today, award-winning ...
Fiammetta Rocco, 2004
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Quinine: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
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Medicinal Chemistry
Quinine Analogues Quinine is an alkaloid obtained from the bark of Cinchona officinalis Linne (C. ledgeriana Moens) belonging to the family Rubiaceae or other species of Cinchona. A. Quinine Sulphate BAN, Quinine Bisulfate USAN, ...
Ashutosh Kar, 2005
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LIFE
Two 27-year-old chemists, Robert Burns Woodward and William von Eggers Doering (right), announced last month that they had made quinine by a laboratory process from synthetic chemicals derived from coal tar. This is the first time that ...
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History of Drug Containers and Their Labels
In the 1850s and 1860s Powers & Weightman sold Sulfate of Quinine in wide mouth, flint glass bottles made in three-part molds. Powers & Weightman merged with Rosengarten & Sons in 1905, and they were in turn bought out by Merck & Co.
George B. Griffenhagen, Mary Bogard, 1999
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Practical Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Part II Fourth Edition
Experiment 4 To determine the concentration of quinine sulphate in Ferrous Phosphate Syrup with Strychnine and Quinine Method Dilute the syrup (about 2 g . accurately weighed) with 0.05M sulphuric acid to 10()ml. Dilute this solution further ...
A. H. Beckett, J. B. Stenlake, 1988
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I. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Quinine and ...
II. Thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective C-C bond-forming reactions. The discovery, development, and mechanistic study of new thiourea-catalyzed asymmetric C-C bond-forming reactions are detailed.
Izzat Tiedje Raheem, 2008
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Ototoxicity
tree's importation to Spain in 1639.1'93 It was popularly known as "Jesuit's bark" as the Jesuit fathers were the main distributors in Europe at that time.1 The first side effect from the treatment of malaria with quinine was reported by Richard ...
Peter S. Roland, John A. Rutka, 2004
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Quinine and Quarantine: Missouri Medicine Through the Years
Missouri Medicine Through the Years Loren Humphrey. salt plant as early as 1805. The spring water was boiled away in huge iron kettles, leaving the salt as residue. (Today, one of their kettles is displayed in the museum in the state capitol ...
Loren Humphrey, 2000
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Clinical Ocular Pharmacology
In susceptible patients the systemic absorption of inhaled steroids may be sufficient to induce macular detachment and reduced central visual acuity associated with central serous chorioretinopathy. Quinine Historically, quinine has been used ...
Jimmy D. Bartlett, Siret D. Jaanus, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUININE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quinine is used in the context of the following news items.
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Research and Markets: Global and Chinese Quinine Sulfate (CAS …
Market Research Report on Global and Chinese Quinine Sulfate Industry, 2010-2020 is a professional and in-depth market survey on Global and Chinese ... «Business Wire, May 15»
2
A splash of tonic to cure your ills
Tonic originally was used for medical purposes. It became popular to disguise the bitter taste of the quinine, which helped fight malaria, with gin. Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
3
Nighttime Leg Cramps Peak in Summer, Study Says
MONDAY, Feb. 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- Nighttime leg cramps occur twice as often in summer as in winter, a new study suggests. The malaria drug quinine ... «HealthDay, Feb 15»
4
Nighttime Leg Cramps Are Twice As Common In The Summer; 4 …
Canadian researchers studied the peaks and falls of a commonly prescribed leg cramp treatment known as quinine and published their findings in the Canadian ... «Medical Daily, Jan 15»
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Doctor missed drug warning in fatal case
A post-mortem indicated the death was caused by bleeding on Mr Erihe's fragile lungs, caused by the rare condition of quinine lowering the number of platelets ... «3News NZ, Dec 14»
6
There's Quinine In Your Tonic, But What The Heck Is It, Anyway?
We've ingested many hard-to-pronounce ingredients in our lives, and quinine is definitely one of them. Pronounced kwahy-nahyn, this bitter alkaloid isn't one of ... «Huffington Post, Oct 14»
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How to Make Quinine Syrup for a Better Gin and Tonic
It finally dawned on me that if I made a tincture of quinine -- the bitter compound that forms the base for tonic water -- and then made a quinine syrup, I could ... «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
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Shining Science: Explore Glow-in-the-Dark Water!
Tonic water is a carbonated beverage that has a chemical called quinine dissolved in it. Quinine is made from the bark of a tree and has been used for centuries ... «Scientific American, Aug 14»
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Fix My Drink: Busting the quinine bark blues with lavender pop
This week's question: “I recently found out that I'm allergic to quinine. That means no more G&Ts for me. Can you recommend a summery cocktail similar to a gin ... «National Post, Jul 14»
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The People's Pharmacy: What to do when quinine doesn't ease leg …
Have you ever been awakened from a delightful dream by sudden, excruciating pain in your leg? In an instant, your sleep is interrupted, and you are desperate ... «Roanoke Times, Jun 14»

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