'Quinia' definitions:
Definition of 'Quinia'
From: GCIDE
- Quinia \Quin"i*a\, n. [NL.] (Chem.) Quinine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'quinia'
From: GCIDE
- Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. Kinic.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. Cinchona Calisaya) as a bitter white crystalline substance, C20H24N2O2. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also quinia, quinina, etc. [Written also chinine.] [1913 Webster]