Quinine



noun
1.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) (A bitter medicinal drug used to treat malaria and in tonics; a bitter alkaloid obtained from various species of cinchona bark; a tonic and febrifuge) គីនីន (ថ្នាំពេទ្យ)
2.
(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ថ្នាំគីនីន (ថ្នាំគ្រុន)
  • quinine poisoning
    - ជំងឺពុលដោយប្រើថ្នាំគីនីនហួសកំរិត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
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.