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Definition of ipecac in English Turkish dictionary
- ipecac, ipecacuanha
- (Tıp) Güney Amerikaya mahsus ve kökü kusturucu veya müshil olarak kullanılan "İpeca" bitkisinden yapılan ilaç
- ipecacuanha
- {i} altınkökü
- ipecacuanha
- (isim) altınkökü
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Definition of ipecac in English English dictionary
- ipecacuanha
- or ipecacuanha Dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical New World plants (Cephaelis acuminata and C. ipecacuanha) of the madder family. It has been used since ancient times especially as a source of a drug to treat poisoning by inducing nausea and vomiting. The name also refers to the drug itself
- An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use
- a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
- {i} type of South American plant; root of the ipecac plant; emetic drug made from the ipecac root
- syrup of ipecac
- liquid medicine made from a flowering plant, Psychotria ipecacuanha, used as an emetic; ipecac
- false ipecac
- A shrubby plant (Psychotria emetica) native to Central and South America, having small white flowers and strong-smelling roots that are the source of an inferior quality of ipecac
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