tartar emetic
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- Also called antimony potassium tartrate, antimonyl potassium tartrate, potassium antimonyl tartrate .
Words Nearby tartar emetic
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How to use tartar emetic in a sentence
The antimonial preparations that are now most in use are antimonial wine and tartar emetic.
Dressed it with tartar-emetic ointment until the skin was very sore; using iodine on other puts of the knee.
Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society | Joseph Bradford CoxEarly the next morning a bottle of whiskey, having tartar emetic in it, was placed in the bower, and the other bottle thrown away.
The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman | Uncle PhilipWhen tartar emetic is given in small doses, its only apparent action is slightly to increase the perspiration.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William HeadlandIt is probable that a diaphoretic dose of tartar emetic is actually eliminated from the skin and mucous membranes.
The Action of Medicines in the System | Frederick William Headland
British Dictionary definitions for tartar emetic
another name for antimony potassium tartrate
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