Jesuit's bark

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Synonyms 1.4 Translations

English

Noun

Jesuit’s bark

1. ((obsolete{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) A medicine for the treatment of malaria prepared from the bark of various Cinchona trees and shrubs. The main active ingredient was quinine.

Alternative spellings

• Jesuits' bark

Synonyms

• cinchona bark
• Peruvian bark

Translations

French: quinine f., quinquina f. German: Chinarinde f.

Russian: Ñ Ð¸Ð½Ð° (khína) f., Ñ Ð¸Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ корка (khínnaja kórka) f., Ñ Ð¸Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ кора (khínnaja korá) f., Ñ Ð¸Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ настойка (khínnaja nastójka) f. Spanish: cascarilla f., chinchona f., quina f., quinaquina f., quino m., corteza de quino f.