Definitions

1. verb

to treat with or as if with the bark of the cinchona tree, used in medicine as a source of quinine

“The doctor decided to cinchonize the patient to treat the malaria.”

2. verb

to give a characteristic quality of cinchona, such as antimalarial properties

“The new medicine was said to cinchonize the bacteria, rendering it harmless.”

3. noun

a substance used to cinchonize

“The researchers tested different cinchonize in their experiments.”