Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A whitish crystalline powder (C10H13ON.HCl. + H2O), bitter-salt in taste, soluble in water and alcohol, and used in medicine as an antipyretic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A pale buff or white crystalline alkaloid derived from quinoline, and used as an antipyretic in medicine.
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- noun chemistry A derivative of
tetrahydro -quinoline (C10H13NO). It was used as anantipyretic .
Etymologies
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From the Greek kairos ("the right time").
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