Thesaurus: quinidine
An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge.
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- n. An alkaloid isomeric with, and resembling, quinine, found in certain species of cinchona, from which it is extracted as a bitter white crystalline substance; conchinine. It is used somewhat as a febrifuge.
- n. cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
- n. cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias