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Definisi 'quinine'
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English to English noun
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a bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark; used in malaria therapy |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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