[f. CINCHON-A + -ISM.] The disordered condition produced by the excessive use of cinchona or quinine.
1843. Sir T. Watson, Lect. Physic., lxxxvi. (1857), II. 855 (L.). The condition here called ‘cinchonism’ is marked by the occurrence of giddiness, deafness, and a sense of buzzing or some kind of tinnitus in the ears.
1875. H. C. Wood, Therap. (1879), 61. The first symptoms of cinchonism.
