quinidine
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- noun
- /kwɪˈnɪdin/
- Specialized
:
quinidina
- Many patients find quinidine effective for heart rhythm control.
Examples
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Patients taking quinidine often need regular monitoring for side effects.
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The doctor prescribed quinidine for my arrhythmia.
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The doctor prescribed quinidine to regulate her abnormal heartbeat.
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Treatment of ventricular arrhythmias may involve medications such as quinidine.
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The doctor prescribed quinidine to help stabilize her irregular heartbeat.
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After several tests, the specialist recommended quinidine as the best treatment for his arrhythmia.
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Patients with certain types of arrhythmias may benefit from taking quinidine regularly.
Synonyms
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A strong medicine for serious irregular heartbeats when other treatments fail
A medicine used to treat irregular heartbeats
A medicine that treats some heart rhythm problems
A medicine that prevents or treats abnormal heart rhythms
A medicine that prevents or corrects an abnormal heart rhythm
A medicine for serious irregular heartbeats when other medicines do not work
Surface Forms
Morphology
quinidine = quinine (opaque) = quin + idine
Formally derived from the alkaloid 'quinine' (a chemical-naming change to produce 'quinidine'), but the pharmacological meaning and the specific name formation are specialized and not inferable by general learners.
Etymology
Quinidine gets its name from quinine, the well-known drug made from Spanish quina, a native word meaning 'bark'. Both medicines originally come from the bark of a South American tree, so quinidine is remembered as a bark-derived drug that doctors use to help control irregular heartbeats.