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quinine

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quinine /ˈkwɪniːn, kwɪˈniːn/

▶noun a bitter crystalline compound present in cinchona bark, used as a tonic and formerly as an antimalarial drug.

– origin C19: from Sp. quina ‘cinchona bark’ (from Quechua kina ‘bark’) + -ine4.

'quinine' also found in these Oxford entries:

cinchona - quinacrine - quinol - quinone

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