quinismn.
/ˈkwɪnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈkwaɪˌnɪz(ə)m/ Medicine. Now historical.
Quinine toxicity; the symptoms of this; = cinchonism n.
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alcoholism1848
quinism1851
narcotization1853
cinchonism1857
bromism1867
atropinism1876
atropinization1880
bromization1881
caffeism1886
caffeinism1889
nicotinism1892
nicotism1899
1851 R. Dunglison New Remedies (ed. 6) 620 In impressible individuals, the sulphate and the muriated—even in moderate doses—not infrequently induce a sense of anxiety, restlessness, vertigo,..tinnitus aurium, and, in many cases, transient deafness—cinchonism, quinism, quininism.
1859 Half-yearly Abstr. Med. Sci. 29 95 The state of ‘quinism’ or quinic intoxication, generally follows the second or third dose.
1880 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Materia Med. 281 Large doses of quinia cause symptoms of Quinism; buzzing in the ears, deafness, vertigo, wakefulness, and sometimes nausea and complete anorexia.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 375 [Quinine] may be given..until symptoms of quinism shew themselves.
1911 Lancet 5 Aug. 389/1 Euquinine, or ethyl-carbonate of quinine, which is tasteless, its action being physiologically that of quinine, but without ‘quinism’.
2000 A. Sebastian Dates in Med. 217/2 Thomas Lauder Brunton..recognized quinism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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