Cinchonise

/ˈsɪŋkənaɪz/ verb

Definition

To treat someone with cinchona bark or quinine, or to give them doses of cinchona medicine.

Etymology

From cinchona + -ise (British verb suffix). Created in the 19th century when cinchona treatment became widespread in colonial territories. The suffix -ise comes from Greek -izein.

Kelly Says

Doctors in the 1800s would 'cinchonise' soldiers and colonists in tropical regions to prevent or cure malaria, making it one of medicine's earliest targeted treatments. This verb shows how a tree became so important to European expansion that it became a verb meaning 'to heal from tropical fever.'

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ኪኒን
ki-ni-ni
ARالعربية
كيّنين
ki-nin
BNবাংলা
কিনিন করা
ki-ni-ni kara
CACatalà
cinchonitzar
sin-chon-i-tzar
CSČeština
chinonizovat
hi-no-ni-zo-vat'
DADansk
kininisere
ki-ni-ni-se-re
DEDeutsch
Chinonisieren
hi-no-ni-zeːrn
ELΕλληνικά
κινονιση
ki-no-ni-si
ESEspañol
cinchonizar
sin-chon-i-zar
FAفارسی
کینین
ki-nin
FISuomi
kininoida
ki-ni-noi-da
FRFrançais
cinchoniser
sank-o-ni-ze
GUGU
કિનિન
ki-ni-n
HAHA
kinin
ki-nin
HEעברית
קינוניזציה
ki-no-ni-tsa-ya
HIहिन्दी
किनिन करना
ki-ni-ni kar-na
HUMagyar
kininizálni
ki-ni-ni-za-li
IDBahasa Indonesia
kininisasi
ki-ni-ni-sa-si
IGIG
kinin
ki-nin
ITItaliano
cinchonizzare
kin-ko-ni-tzar-e
JA日本語
キニン化する
ki-ni-ni ka-waru
KKKK
кинин
ki-nin
KMKM
គ្មាន
k'mɛːn
KO한국어
킨닌화하다
kin-nin-hwa-ha-da
MRMR
किनीन
ki-ni-n
MSBahasa Melayu
kininisasi
ki-ni-ni-sa-si
MYမြန်မာ
ကျင်းနိန်း
kin-ni-ne
NLNederlands
cinchoniseren
sin-ko-ni-se-ren
NONorsk
kininiser
ki-ni-ni-ser
PAPA
ਕਿਨੀਨ
ki-ni-n
PLPolski
chinonizować
hi-no-ni-zo-vat'
PTPortuguês
cinchonizar
sin-chon-i-zar
RORomână
cinchoniza
sin-kon-i-za
RUРусский
кининизировать
ki-ni-ni-zi-ro-vatʹ
SVSvenska
kininiser
ki-ni-ni-ser
SWKiswahili
kininisha
ki-ni-ni-sha
TAதமிழ்
சினோனின்
si-no-nin
TEతెలుగు
సినినోన్
si-ni-non
THไทย
ไซนิน
sai-nin
TLTL
kininisasyon
ki-ni-ni-sa-syon
TRTürkçe
kininleştirmek
ki-nin-li-r-mek
UKУкраїнська
кінінізувати
ki-ni-ni-zu-vaty
URاردو
کینین
ki-nin
VITiếng Việt
cinchon hóa
sin-kon-hwa
YOYO
kinin
ki-nin
ZH中文
奎宁化
kuí níng huà
ZUZU
ikinini
i-ki-ni-ni

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