Chem., Pharm.
a white, water-soluble, sweet and metallic-tasting, poisonous powder or granules, C 4 H 4 KO 7 Sb, used as a mordant for dyeing textiles and leather, and in medicine as an expectorant, for inducing vomiting, and for infections by schistosomes. Also called antimony potassium tartrate, potassium antimonyl tartrate .
[ 1695-1705 ]