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noun
The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: syrup of ipecac
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant
History
Contraction of ipecacuanha, from Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”).
