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Quinine vs Cinchonism - What's the difference?

quinine | cinchonism |

As nouns the difference between quinine and cinchonism

is that quinine is (pharmaceutical drug) a bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water while cinchonism is a pathological condition in humans caused by an overdose of quinine or its natural source, cinchona bark.

quinine

English

(wikipedia quinine)

Noun

(-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A bitter colourless powder, an alkaloid derived from cinchona bark, used to treat malaria and as an ingredient of tonic water.
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    • See also

    * Jesuit's bark ----

    cinchonism

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia cinchonism)
  • A pathological condition in humans caused by an overdose of quinine or its natural source, cinchona bark.

    • Synonyms

    * quinism, quininism