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emetic <an emetic; emetics> N MED

emetic ADJ MED

emetic MED

emetic <an emetic; emetics> N

emetic ADJ MED

tartar emetic CHEM

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The flower and fruit eaten as an emetic for stomachaches.
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Patients were given an emetic of salt and water to stop their vomiting and ease their stomachs.
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They show a combination of weak anti emetic efficacy with potentially beneficial side effects such as sedation and euphoria.
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There was speculation that tartar emetic or arsenic was the poison.
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Although there were other kinds of emetics in this time period available, many households possessed an antimonial cup of their own.
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The black drink may also have had emetic properties.
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It has less effect on the circulatory system and is less hypnotic than morphine, but it has about the same emetic effect.
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The potassium antimonyl derivative of the acid known as tartar emetic is included, in small doses, in cough syrup as an expectorant.
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The flower and the fruit are eaten as an emetic for stomachaches.
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A decoction of the bark has been used to treat swelling, inflammation and rheumatism, as an emetic, and to treat pharyngitis and sore throat.
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