Definition of cinchona

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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..

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Chincona :: Chincona () See Cinchona.
Cinchonic :: Cinchonic (a.) Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona..
Quinovin :: Quinovin (n.) An amorphous bitter glucoside derived from cinchona and other barks. Called also quinova bitter, and quinova..
Cortex :: Cortex (n.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Cinchona :: Cinchona (n.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.
Aricine :: Aricine (n.) An alkaloid, first found in white cinchona bark..
Antiseptic :: Antiseptic (n.) A substance which prevents or retards putrefaction, or destroys, or protects from, putrefactive organisms; as, salt, carbolic acid, alcohol, cinchona..
Cinchonize :: Cinchonize (v. t.) To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.
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.
Paytine :: Paytine (n.) An alkaloid obtained from a white bark resembling that of the cinchona, first brought from Payta, in Peru..
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..
Cinchonaceous :: Cinchonaceous (a.) Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it..
Quinovic :: Quinovic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline acid obtained from some varieties of cinchona bark..
Calisaya Bark :: Calisaya bark () A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species..
Quinology :: Quinology (n.) The science which treats of the cultivation of the cinchona, and of its use in medicine..
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