Tartar Emetic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Chemistry, Pharmacology.
  1. 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.
noun
  1. another name for antimony potassium tartrate
Tartar Emetic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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