tartar emetic


nounChemistry, Pharmacology.
  1. a white, water-soluble, sweet and metallic-tasting, poisonous powder or granules, C4H4KO7Sb, used as a mordant for dyeing textiles and leather, and in medicine as an expectorant, for inducing vomiting, and for infections by schistosomes.

Origin of tartar emetic

1
First recorded in 1695–1705
  • Also called antimony potassium tartrate, antimonyl potassium tartrate, potassium antimonyl tartrate .

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tartar emetic

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