quinidine Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
Quinora; Quinidex.
WordNet
Quin"i*dine noun
Definitions
(Chem.) 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. Written also chinidine .
