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tartar emetic
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noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.
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.
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Also called antimony potassium tartrate, antimonyl potassium tartrate, potassium antimonyl tartrate .
Origin of tartar emetic
First recorded in 1695–1705
Words nearby tartar emetic
tartanry, tartar, tartarated, tartare, Tartarean, tartar emetic, tartare sauce, Tartarian, Tartarian aster, Tartarian honeysuckle, tartaric
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