dictionary help| quinquina --> cinchona | medical dictionary |
A genus of rubiaceous south american trees that yields the toxic cinchona alkaloids from their bark; quinine, quinidine, chinconine, cinchonidine and others are used to treat malaria and cardiac arrhythmias.
(12 Dec 1998)
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