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Definition of Emetine
1. n. A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Definition of Emetine
1. an alkaloid [n -S] - See also: alkaloid
Medical Definition of Emetine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Emetine
Literary usage of Emetine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1874)
"Dr. AE d'Ornellas, in a paper on emetine, arrives at the following conclusions :—1.
emetine is the active principle of ipecacuanha, to which its powerful ..."
2. American Druggist (1891)
"55.68 per cent emetine The second 116 pints of percolate abstracted (calculated
to 1 pint) 27.84 " The combined 232 pints of percolate abstracted ..."
3. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"emetine has been lauded as almost a specific for hemorrhage in certain chronic
diseases ... There is no experimental evidence that emetine has the slightest ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"The next paper read was the following: ON THE emetine VALUATION OF FLUID EXTRACT
OF IPECAC. BY W. SIMONSON. The pharmacy of ipecac, as contained in the ..."
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