n. [ Iodo- + quinine. ] (Chem.) A iodide of quinine obtained as a brown substance, . It is the base of herapathite. See Herapathite. [ 1913 Webster ]
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,