Cinchonize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or cinchona. transitive

    "Its taste is very faint (though it is very readily brought out by acids), and it usually cinchonizes very promptly in sufficient doses."

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"Its taste is very faint (though it is very readily brought out by acids), and it usually cinchonizes very promptly in sufficient doses."

Etymology

From cinchona + -ize.

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