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quinidine definition

quini·dine (kwin′ə dēn′, -din)

noun

a colorless, crystalline alkaloid, CHNO, isomeric with and resembling quinine, extracted from cinchona bark

Etymology: < quina (see quinine) + -id + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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