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QUINIDINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quinidine mean?
• QUINIDINE (noun)
The noun QUINIDINE has 1 sense:
1. cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
Familiarity information: QUINIDINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("quinidine" is a kind of...):
antiarrhythmic; antiarrhythmic drug; antiarrhythmic medication (a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm)
Context examples
The hydrochloride salt form of mefloquine, a piperidinyl quinidine with antimalarial activity.
(Mefloquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
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