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quinoline

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Noun
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quin=o=line

CIDE DICTIONARY

quinolinen. [Quinine + L. oleum oil + -ine.].
     A nitrogenous base, C9H7N obtained as a pungent colorless liquid by the distillation of alkaloids, bones, coal tar, etc. It the nucleus of many organic bodies, especially of certain alkaloids and related substances; hence, by extension, any one of the series of alkaloidal bases of which quinoline proper is the type.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

quinoline, n. Chem. an oily amine obtained from the distillation of coal tar or by synthesis and used in the preparation of drugs etc.


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