Med. [f. QUINA + L. term. -ētum taken as = ‘a collection’: named by Dr. De Vrij.] A mixture of febrifugal alkaloids obtained from red cinchona bark, used in India as a cheap substitute for quinine; cinchona febrifuge.
1880. C. R. Markham, Peruv. Bark, 432. About 10,000 lbs. of chinchona febrifuge or quinetum can be annually issued.
1891. W. Martindale, Extra Pharmacop., 326. Quinetum … consists principally of cinchonidine.
