tartar emetic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tartar emetic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tartar emetic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tartar emetic n a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine Synonym(s): tartar emetic, antimony potassium tartrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tartar \Tar"tar\, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. [?]); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 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.