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 tartar emetic 名詞

 Stib·i·a·ted a.  Med. Chem. Combined or impregnated with antimony (stibium).
 Stibiated tartar. See Tartar emetic, under Tartar.
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 Tar·tar n.
 1. Chem. A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc.
 2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime.
 Cream of tartar. Chem. See under Cream.
 Tartar emetic Med. Chem., a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.

 tartar emetic
      n : a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
          [syn: antimony potassium tartrate]