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em•e•tine n. [Pharm.]

Drugsa crystalline or white powdery substance, C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄, the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant.

Greek émet(os) vomiting + -ine²; compare French émétine
1810–20

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