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Lepidine :: Lepidine (n.) An organic base, C9H6.N.CH3, metameric with quinaldine, and obtained by the distillation of cinchonine..

Quinoidine :: Quinoidine (n.) A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.

Cinchonic :: Cinchonic (a.) Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona..

Aricine :: Aricine (n.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark..

Quinism :: Quinism (n.) See Cinchonism.

Cortex :: Cortex (n.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark..

Cinch :: Cinch (n.) A tight grip.

Quinic :: Quinic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or connected with, quinine and related compounds; specifically, designating a nonnitrogenous acid obtained from cinchona bark, coffee, beans, etc., as a white crystalline substance..

Cinchona :: Cinchona (n.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value..

Quinovic :: Quinovic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark..

Cinchonidine :: Cinchonidine (n.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia..

Quinidine :: Quinidine (n.) An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge..

Cinchonism :: Cinchonism (n.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc..

Cinchonine :: Cinchonine (n.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

Chincona :: Chincona () See Cinchona.

Calisaya Bark :: Calisaya bark () A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species..

Cinchonaceous :: Cinchonaceous (a.) Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it..

Paytine :: Paytine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru..

Cinchona :: Cinchona (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Quinine :: Quinine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc..

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