tartar emetic

Noun

Meaning

a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

antimony potassium tartrate arsenic pest nicotine antimony sewer tartaric leaven malaria mordant miasma mephitis tartarean strychnine potassium bitartrate
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Hypernyms

mordant tartrate

Examples

Antimony and its compounds do not cause acute human health effects, with the exception of antimony potassium tartrate ("tartar emetic"), a prodrug that is intentionally used to treat leishmaniasis patients. Source: Internet

For oral absorption, ICRP (1994) recommended values of 10% for tartar emetic and 1% for all other antimony compounds. Source: Internet

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