TARTAR EMETIC


Meaning of TARTAR EMETIC in English

Function: noun

Date: circa 1704

: a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt C 8 H 4 K 2 O 12 Sb 2 ·3H 2 O of sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and especially formerly in medicine as an emetic and expectorant

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