quinine
pronunciation
How to pronounce quinine in British English:
UK [kwɪˈni:n]
How to pronounce quinine in American English:
US [ˈkwaɪˌnaɪn]
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- Noun:
- a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy
Word Origin
- quinine (n.)
- alkaloid responsible for curative properties in the cinchona tree, 1821, from French quinine (1820), with chemical ending -ine (2) + Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is extracted), from Quechua (Peru) kina. Earlier in reduplicated form quinaquina (1727).
Example
- 1. Quinine ! I never would have thought of it .
- 2. Quinine is the medicine for malaria .
- 3. Quinine is used as medicine against malaria .
- 4. Quinine is an effectual preventive for malaria .
- 5. Quinine is effectual preventive for malaria .