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Tartar emetic
A poisonous salt, potassium antimonyl tartrate, used as an expectorant
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A poisonous salt, potassium antimonyl tartrate, used as an expectorant
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| Word | Definition |
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| antimony potassium tartrate | Antimony potassium tartrate, also known as potassium antimonyl tartrate, potassium antimontarterate, or tartar emetic, has the formula K2Sb2(C4H2O6)2. |
| tartarizationnoun | Adaptation to the norms of the Tartars or Tartary. |
| diuretinnoun | (medicine, archaic) Theobromine sodium salicylate, used as a diuretic. |
| sedative saltnoun | (obsolete) boric acid |
| tar waternoun | (historical) A cold infusion of tar in water, once used as a medicine for chest complaints. |
| antimonialnoun | Any drug or medical preparation containing antimony. |
| vomitorynoun | The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium |
| emeticknoun | Obsolete form of emetic. [(pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.] |
| saleratusnoun | Sodium bicarbonate. |
| potassium bitartratenoun | (organic chemistry) cream of tartar |
| taraxacinenoun | Alternative form of taraxacin. [(obsolete, medicine) A bitter glycoside, extracted from dandelion, once used as a diuretic.] |
| anacatharsisnoun | (medicine) Vomiting (emesis) or expectoration. |
| ipecacnoun | (pharmacology) An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning. |
| terebenenoun | (obsolete, medicine) Any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic |
| tannosalnoun | (obsolete, medicine) A mixture of creosote and tannin once used to treat tuberculosis |
| taraxacinnoun | (obsolete, medicine) A bitter glycoside, extracted from dandelion, once used as a diuretic. |
| barbituatenoun | (US, nonstandard, possibly proscribed) Alternative form of barbiturate. [(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.] |
| salt sedativenoun | (chemistry, obsolete) boric acid |
| vomitivenoun | (medicine, pharmacology) Something that induces vomiting |
| toxitabellaenoun | (medicine, dated, historical) Tablets of mercuric chloride or mercuric bichloride, formerly used to treat syphilis. |
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