As nouns the difference between quinine and quinology
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 quinology is the science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
quinine
Noun
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(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
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quinology
English
Noun
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The science of the cultivation of cinchona and its use in medicine as quinine.
Related terms
* quinological
* quinologist