Meaning Of The Word Tartar emetic

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tartar emetic in American English
antimony potassium tartrate, K(SbO)C4H4O6·1⁄2H2O, a poisonous, odorless, white salt used in medicine to cause expectoration, vomiting, and perspiration, and in dyeing as a mordant
noun: a white, water-soluble, sweet and metallic-tasting, poisonous powder or granules, C4H4 KO7Sb, used as a mordant for dyeing textiles and leather, and in medicine as an expectorant, for inducing vomiting, and for infections by schistosomes

tartar emetic in British English
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