Definitions for pereirine

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pereirine pe·rei·rine

Spelling: [puh-rair-een]

IPA: /pəˈrɛər in/

Pereirine is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in pereirine (eeeiinprr).

Definitions for pereirine

noun

1. Pharmacology. an alkaloid, C 19 H 24 ON 2 , obtained from pereira bark and formerly used as a quinine substitute.

Origin of pereirine

pereir(a bark) + -ine²

Examples for pereirine

pereirine may be extracted from an acid solution, after alkalising with ammonia, by ether or benzene.