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TARTAR EMETIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tartar emetic mean?
• TARTAR EMETIC (noun)
The noun TARTAR EMETIC has 1 sense:
1. a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
Familiarity information: TARTAR EMETIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
antimony potassium tartrate; tartar emetic
Hypernyms ("tartar emetic" is a kind of...):
mordant (a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process)
tartrate (a salt or ester of tartaric acid)
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