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quinidine
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quinidine (kwĭn`ĭdēn'), heart muscle relaxant used to maintain regular heart rhythm patterns. It is an alkaloid alkaloid, any of a class of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and usually oxygen that are often derived from plants. Although the name means alkalilike, some alkaloids do not exhibit alkaline properties.
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 chemically similar to quinine quinine (kwī`nīn', kwĭnēn`), white crystalline alkaloid with a bitter taste.
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 and, like quinine, occurs naturally in some species of cinchona trees. Quinidine slows the rate of blood flow in heart chambers and lowers the excitability of the muscle. Quinidine is a general relaxant of smooth muscle and acts as a dilator of larger blood vessels. It has also been used to reduce fever and to treat malaria. Synchronized electric shock has largely replaced quinidine as a method of establishing more normal heart rhythms.
quinidine [′kwin·ə‚dēn]
(organic chemistry)
C20H24N2O2A crystalline alkaloid that melts at 174-175°C (345-347°F) and that may be derived from the bark of cinchona; used as the salt in medicine. Also known as β-quinine.


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