- Malaria drug - Malaria medicine - Malaria treatment - 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.
- Explicit - Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or
constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties
of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other
things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific
qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice. - Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited;
precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement. - Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body;
preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general
principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria. - A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3. - Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which
it is applied.