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单词 tartar emetic
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tartar emetic


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.
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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Example sentences from the Web for 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 Cox
  • Calomel and tartar-emetic were administered, but without any effect.

    Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.|Benson J. Lossing

British Dictionary definitions for tartar emetic

tartar emetic

noun

another name for antimony potassium tartrate
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for tartar emetic

tartar emetic

n.

A poisonous crystalline compound used in medicine as an expectorant and in the treatment of parasitic infections, such as schistosomiasis.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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