emetic : Idioms & Phrases
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Tartar emetic
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noun a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
antimony potassium tartrate.
WordNet
(Med. Chem.) , a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
