Ipecac

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A low-growing tropical American shrub (Psychotria ipecacuanha syn. Cephaelis ipecacuanha) having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine.
  • noun. The dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub.
  • noun. A medicinal preparation made from the dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub that is used to induce vomiting, particularly in cases of poisoning and drug overdose.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsæmifolium.
  • noun. Same as ipecacuanha.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An abbreviation of ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The plant ipecacuanha (Psychotria ipecacuanha) or its root.
  • noun. Syrup of ipecac, produced from this plant's root, used to induce emesis (vomiting).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
    • Word Usage
    "Made piles of money with Faith No More, used it to start his own record label ipecac and make weird stuff to his liking."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    emetic  nauseant  vomit  vomitive  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    aconite  analagous  anticoagulants  calomel  chlorodyne  
    variant
    ipecacuanha  
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