"Quinary" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Quinary refers to the number 5 or something related to the number 5. It can also refer to a numeral system that uses 5 as its base.
The word "quina" has several possible meanings depending on the context.<br><br>1. A small shrub native to the Americas, Cinchona pubescens, valued for its bark, which is used in medicine.<br>2. In English football, a penalty kick in which the ball is placed on the penalty spot with a piece of string or a quina dropped in the center to encourage long shots into the far corner of the goal.<br>3. In Brazilian Portuguese, "quina" can mean a number of items or objects which end in 5, similar to the English word "fives."<br>4. In the lottery of the Brazilian national lotto, "quina" refers to a jackpot of 5 numbers.
Quinacrine is a medication that was historically used to treat malaria and certain parasitic infections. It was also used as a treatment for symptoms of crabs or effluvium when applied topically, but it is now considered a treatment for aggressiveness associated with Koro and for urinary incontinence as well as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.<br><br>In addition, Quinacrine has been studied as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease, depression, bipolar disorder, menopausal flashes, motion sickness, penile fibromas and retinal detachment.
Quinaldine is an organic compound with the formula (C6H5)2CHCHNH. It is a colourless liquid with a weak characteristic boiling point of 156-157 °C. It was first synthesised by the American chemist Joseph Moran in 1891 and after that by Edward Dean Adams in a similar year. Quinaldine is a parametidine (α,α',β,β'-tetramethyldelycidine), a metamizer.
Quinazoline is a type of heterocyclic aromatic organic compound that contains two adjacent nitrogen atoms in a single six-membered ring, fused to either a five-membered or a six-membered benzene ring. It is related to the benzoquinazoline class but the two benzene rings are in the 1,4 positions.