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
tart cell,
tart up,
tartan,
tartanry,
tartar,
tartar emetic,
tartar sauce,
tartar steak,
tartarated,
tartare,
tartare sauce
Example sentences from the Web for potassium antimonyl tartrate
Dressed it with tartar-emetic ointment until the skin was very sore; using iodine on other puts of the knee.
Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society |Joseph Bradford CoxCalomel and tartar-emetic were administered, but without any effect.
Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. |Benson J. Lossing
British Dictionary definitions for potassium antimonyl 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.