cinchonidine

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(sing kon′i dēn′, -din, sin-)


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cin•chon•i•dine  (sing kon′i dēn′, -din, sin-),USA pronunciation n. [Pharm.]
  1. Drugsa white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble, levorotatory alkaloid, C19H22N2O, stereoisomeric with cinchonine and similarly derived, used chiefly as a quinine substitute.
  • cinchon(a) + -id3 + -ine2 1850–55

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