tartar emetic
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nounDefinition of TARTAR EMETIC
: a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt C8H4K2O12Sb2·3H2O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and especially formerly in medicine as an emetic and expectorant
First Known Use of TARTAR EMETIC
circa 1704
tartar emetic
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of TARTAR EMETIC
: a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt KSbOC4H4O6·1⁄2H2O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and especially formerly in medicine as an expectorant, anthelmintic, and emetic—called also antimony potassium tartrate, potassium antimonyltartrate, tartrated antimony
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