cinchonize
transitive verbcin·cho·nize
variants:
or British cinchonise \ -ˌnīz 
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\cinchonized or British cinchonised; cinchonizing or British cinchonising
Medical Definition of cinchonize
: to treat (as a malarial patient) with cinchona or one of its alkaloids (as quinine)
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