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Webster 1913 Edition


Kairine

Kai′rine

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Noun.
(Chem.)
A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.

Definition 2024


kairine

kairine

English

Noun

kairine (plural kairines)

  1. (chemistry)A derivative of tetrahydro-quinoline (C10H13NO). It was used as an antipyretic.

References

  • Medical Record, by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), June 5 1886, page 647.