the process of treating something with cinchona extract or quinine.
Present participle of cinchonize, derived from cinchona plus -ize, following the standard English pattern for turning nouns into active verbs.
In the 1800s, cinchonizing water supplies and medicines was literally a lifesaving technology—it's one of the reasons European powers could establish colonies in Africa and Asia.
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