totaquine

(tō′tə kwēn′, -kwin; -kēn′, -kin)

noun

a yellowish-white to gray powder containing a mixture of quinine and other alkaloids, obtained from cinchona bark and used as an antimalarial

Origin: < ModL totaquina < LL totalis, total + Sp quina, cinchona bark (see quinine): because it contains all the alkaloids of cinchona bark

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