tartar emetic

American  

noun

Chemistry, Pharmacology.

1. a white, water-soluble, sweet and metallic-tasting, poisonous powder or granules, C 4 H 4 KO 7 Sb, 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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tartar emetic British  

noun

1. another name for antimony potassium tartrate

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Etymology

Origin of tartar emetic

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

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tartar emetic

In those days, the only available cure was tartar emetic, a compound of antimony that was administered as 12–16 injections given once a week.

From Nature ● Nov. 7, 2017

Four years ago tartar emetic was hailed as the new and perfect control for citrus thrips in California.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, although the standard tartar emetic treatment* had rid him of most of his flukes, he noted that: "There is still no time, day or night, when I am not in pain."

From Time Magazine Archive

In order to lure the flukes out of their customary lairs in the intestinal veins, they give patients a single injection of tartar emetic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Turquoise blue G. Bright Blue.—Mordant with 2 lb. tannic acid and 1½ lb. tartar emetic, then dye with 1½ lb.

From The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student by Beech, Franklin