n :  a bitter poisonous reddish yellow amorphous alkaloid C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂ isomeric with quinine and obtained from cinchona bark or by heating a salt of quinine - called also quinotoxine  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  gua·no·sine  ki·ne·sin 
 
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