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JESUITS' BARK

\d͡ʒˈɛzjuːɪts bˈɑːk], \d‍ʒˈɛzjuːɪts bˈɑːk], \dʒ_ˈɛ_z_j_uː_ɪ_t_s b_ˈɑː_k]\

Definitions of JESUITS' BARK

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A name given to cinchona b. because introduced generally throughout Europe by the Jesuits.
An old name, still used occasionally, for cinchona.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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