Emetic
31emetic — n. an agent that causes vomiting. Substances such as common salt, which irritate the stomach nerves if taken in sufficient quantities, cause vomiting. Some emetics, e.g. ipecacuanha, are used as expectorants at low doses …
32emetic — Lā au ho opi i, lā au ho opi ipi i, ho olua i …
33emetic — Describes a substance that causes vomiting. Also called emetogenic …
34emetic — see VOMIT …
35emetic holly — noun : a yaupon (Ilex vomitoria) …
36emetic weed — noun : indian tobacco …
37Tartar emetic — Tartar Tar tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking… …
38tartar emetic — n a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt KSbOC4H4O6·1/2H2O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and esp. formerly in medicine as an expectorant, anthelmintic, and emetic called also antimony potassium tartrate,… …
39tartar emetic — noun Date: circa 1704 a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt C8H4K2O12Sb2{bull}3H2O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and especially formerly in medicine as an emetic and expectorant …
40central emetic — an emetic carried by the blood stream to the vomiting center, upon which it acts; called also indirect e. and systemic e …