ipecac syrup


ip·e·cac syr·up

a sweetened liquid medicinal preparation containing powdered ipecac extract, which contains the alkaloids emetine and cephaline; used as an emetic in some cases of poisoning and (at lower doses) as an expectorant.

ip·e·cac sy·rup

(ipĕ-kak sirŭp) Sweetened liquid medicinal preparation containing powdered ipecac extract, which itself contains the alkaloids emetine and cephaline; used as an emetic in some cases of poisoning and (at lower doses) as an expectorant.