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Noun: tartar emetic
  1. A poisonous colourless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
    "Tartar emetic was once used as an emetic but is now considered too toxic for medical use";
    - antimony potassium tartrate

Derived forms: tartar emetics

Type of: mordant, tartrate

Encyclopedia: Tartar emetic