ipecac

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  1. noun A low-growing tropical American shrub (Cephaelis ipecacuanha) having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine.
  2. noun The dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub.
  3. noun A medicinal preparation made from the dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub that is used to induce vomiting, particularly in cases of poisoning and drug overdose.

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  • Syrup of ipecac, then, to bring up the pills, that and CPR, if I was fast enough, lucky enough, just maybe— I touched her hand. —  Challenging Destiny #19
  • Court papers allege Gradel brought a bottle of ipecac (IP'-eh-kack) syrup to Sequoyah Middle School on Monday and that the boys poured it into the teacher's coffee cup. —  The News Tribune - Tacoma - Homepage
  • Make Believe (2005) is ipecac, but Conor Oberst is just squarely lame. —  Cokemachineglow.com
  • When John met with us, I said I thought it would be funny if I really threw up, took ipecac or something like that. —  Toronto Sun
  • An American mother's association of such behavior with croup and ipecac was too strong to be counteracted by known climatic facts; and from that hour, as she never had before, Lu realized that being a missionary might involve going to carry the gospel to the heathen in your stocking-feet When they had decided that such a life would not do for him, his training had almost entirely unfitted him for any other active calling. —  A Brace Of Boys 1867, From "Little Brother"
 

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  1. Short for Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Tupi ipekaaguéne : ipeh, low + kaâ, leaves + guéne, vomit.

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  1. An abbreviation of ipecacuanha.
 

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/ˈɪpəkæk/
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