Definitions for quinines

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quinines qui·nine

Spelling: [kwahy-nahyn, kwin-ahyn or, esp. British, kwi-neen<

IPA: /ˈkwaɪ naɪn, ˈkwɪn aɪn or, esp. British, kwɪˈnin/

Quinines is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in quinines (eiinnqsu).

Definitions for quinines

noun

1. a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 , having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria.
2. a salt of this alkaloid, especially the sulfate.
3. a white, bitter, slightly water-soluble alkaloid, C 20 H 24 N 2 O 2 , having needlelike crystals, obtained from cinchona bark: used in medicine chiefly in the treatment of resistant forms of malaria.
4. a salt of this alkaloid, especially the sulfate.

Origin of quinines

1820-30; Spanish quin(a) (Quechua kina bark) + -ine²

Examples for quinines

Among others is the chinchona-tree, from which quinine is obtained.

In 1638, quinine, derived from this bark, was introduced into Europe as a cure for malaria.

Well, shove in quinine, and keep him quiet, with hot bottles to his feet.

Which would be better to give him, quinine, or aconite and belladonna?

The lower of the two, in one of its compartments, contained our provision of quinine.

Sulphate of quinine is made by the use of sulphuric acid as a solvent.

I guess that quinine saved me—I would like to have Sears know about it.

I swallowed all my stock of aspirin and quinine but without relief.

But I fully believed that quinine was of very great use indeed.

Try to get a little iron and quinine into your constitution.

In 1638, quinine, derived from this bark, was introduced into Europe as a cure for malaria.

But I fully believed that quinine was of very great use indeed.

Among others is the chinchona-tree, from which quinine is obtained.

Sulphate of quinine is made by the use of sulphuric acid as a solvent.

I guess that quinine saved me—I would like to have Sears know about it.

Which would be better to give him, quinine, or aconite and belladonna?

Try to get a little iron and quinine into your constitution.

I swallowed all my stock of aspirin and quinine but without relief.

The lower of the two, in one of its compartments, contained our provision of quinine.

Well, shove in quinine, and keep him quiet, with hot bottles to his feet.