tartar emetic

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.

tartar emetic

noun

1. See antimony potassium tartrate
   another name for antimony potassium tartrate

Word History and Origins

Origin of tartar emetic¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

Example Sentences

The antimonial preparations that are now most in use are antimonial wine and tartar emetic.

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Dressed it with tartar-emetic ointment until the skin was very sore; using iodine on other puts of the knee.

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Early the next morning a bottle of whiskey, having tartar emetic in it, was placed in the bower, and the other bottle thrown away.

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When Tartar Emetic is given in small doses, its only apparent action is slightly to increase the perspiration.

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It is probable that a diaphoretic dose of Tartar Emetic is actually eliminated from the skin and mucous membranes.

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