(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:26:15

Qui*noid"ine (?), n. [Quinine + -oid.] Med. (Chem.

A brownish resinous substance obtained as a by-product in the treatment of cinchona bark. It consists of a mixture of several alkaloids.

[Written also chinoidine.]

 

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