English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of quinine

quinine

/noun/ कुनैन; कुनेन की दवा;

Synonym cinchonine;

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English Dictionary:

1. Quinine

[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.