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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.

Hypernyms

  • Antimalarial Drug
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