ipecac syrup

American  

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a preparation containing ipecac in a syrupy medium, used as an emetic.

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Example Sentences

Indeed there is something effluvial about the entire book, as if the #MeToo movement provided her, narratively speaking, with a stiff dose of ipecac syrup.

From New York Times

On it were items such as ipecac syrup, a crank radio and a whistle.

From Washington Post

The conviction stems from a November 2000 incident, when Breland’s son came to a Little League football practice at a Las Vegas park with a bottle of juice laced with Ipecac syrup.

From Washington Times

Dissolve in half a pint of boiling water, and when cool add wine of ipecac, syrup of balsam tolu, and essence of anise, of each one ounce.

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