tartar emetic


noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.

a white, water-soluble, sweet and metallic-tasting, poisonous powder or granules, C4H4KO7Sb, used as a mordant for dyeing textiles and leather, and in medicine as an expectorant, for inducing vomiting, and for infections by schistosomes.
Also called antimony potassium tartrate, potassium antimonyl tartrate.

Origin of tartar emetic

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby tartar emetic

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British Dictionary definitions for potassium antimonyl tartrate

tartar emetic

noun

another name for antimony potassium tartrate

Medical definitions for potassium antimonyl tartrate

tartar emetic

n.

A poisonous crystalline compound used in medicine as an expectorant and in the treatment of parasitic infections, such as schistosomiasis.