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Quinine
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Quinine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​q/quinine.html. 1828.