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Antemetic Antemetic Ant`e*met"ic, a. [Pref. anti- + emetic.] (Med.)
Tending to check vomiting. -- n. A remedy to check or allay
vomiting.
Antiemetic Antiemetic An`ti*e*met"ic, a. ? n. (Med.)
Same as Antemetic.
Emetical Emetical E*met"ic*al, a.
Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. --
E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Emetically Emetical E*met"ic*al, a.
Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. --
E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Emetine Emetine Em"e*tine (?; 104), n. [See Emetic.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from
ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic
principle.
Psychotria emetica Ipecacuanha Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp.
ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant
that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.)
The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis
Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant
itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other
plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or
Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac
(Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac
(Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac
(Richardsonia scabra).
Tartar emetic Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., &
It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic
origin.]
1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks,
consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used
in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium
carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant
for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone,
etc.
2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of
salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream.
Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium
and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline
substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in
medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
Trichilia emetica Elcaja El*ca"ja, n. [Ar.] (Bot.)
An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is
emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an
ointment for the cure of the itch.
