Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pathological condition resulting from an overdose of cinchona bark or its alkaloid derivatives and marked by headache, dizziness, hearing loss, and ringing in the ears.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a disturbed condition of the system, characterized by excessive buzzing in the ears, the result of overdoses of cinchona or quinine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pathological condition inhumans caused by anoverdose ofquinine or its natural source,cinchona bark .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Quinine after or during the operation of the pills, in large doses every two or three hours, until deafness or cinchonism ensued, completed the cure.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries 2004
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Hereditary and constitutional taints of sycosis, scrofula, psora, syphilis; mercurianism, cinchonism, iodism and many other forms of chronic poisoning.
Nature Cure Henry Lindlahr 1893
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Quinine after or during the operation of the pills, in large doses every two or three hours, until deafness or cinchonism ensued, completed the cure.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 David Livingstone 1843
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If Mercer’s cinchonism was fictitious, why should he have gone to London on Friday to see a specialist?
The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
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“He called it cinchonism, and Mercer’s still laid up.
The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
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He had then developed, or said he had developed, severe cinchonism, which was a peculiar condition inasmuch as any doctor consulted had only the patient’s word for the symptoms experienced — blindness, shakiness, headache, congestion of the middle ear.
The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
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I’m going to town to see a specialist about this damned cinchonism, Linda.
The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
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