Quinine (Noun)
Meaning
A bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The doctor prescribed quinine to treat the patient's malaria infection.
- Quinine was historically used to treat malaria, but its side effects were often severe.
- The chinchona tree, native to South America, is the primary source of the medicinal compound quinine.
- As resistance to other malaria treatments grew, quinine became a crucial component in many antimalarial therapies.
- In the early 19th century, French scientists identified quinine as the active compound in chinchona bark that made it an effective treatment for malaria.