Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for QUIN'I-NA
QUIN-DE-CEM'VIR-ATEQUIN-QUA-GES'I-MA
QUIN'I-NA, n. [or QUIN'I-A, or QUI'NINE.]
An alkaloid obtained from various species of cinchona, and one of the active principles of these trees. It is a very important article of medicine, much used in the treatment of agues, certain sorts of mortification, &c.
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