Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A low-growing tropical American shrub (Psychotria ipecacuanha syn. Cephaelis ipecacuanha) having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine.
- noun The dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ipecacuanha . - noun The spreading dogbane, Apocynum androsæmifolium.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An abbreviation of
ipecacuanha , and in more frequent use.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The plant
ipecacuanha (Psychotria ipecacuanha) or its root. - noun Syrup of ipecac, produced from this plant's root, used to induce
emesis (vomiting ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Made piles of money with Faith No More, used it to start his own record label ipecac and make weird stuff to his liking.
Whom Do You Want to Hear From? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Of course, one reader's warm milk is another reader's ipecac, which is why the Bear Lake County (Idaho) Library's "squeaky clean book list" hedges: "depending somewhat on your definition of clean."
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_Cinchona_ supplies us with quinine, while _Ipecacuanha_ produces ipecac, which is an emetic and purgative.
All About Coffee 1909
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-- If heart-burn is attended with sickness at the stomach and a constant hawking up of a tough phlegm, it will be necessary to cleanse the stomach with a gentle emetic, such as ipecac or indian physic.
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(Carter Papers: An Inventory .... ") [86] Given Carter's inventive and phonetic spelling, it is difficult to know what this word may be, but" ipecac "seems most likely as it is an emetic that had come into use in the previous century; it fits the context.
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Standard decontamination procedures should be followed in the conscious patient, including emesis with syrup of ipecac or gastric lavage, activated charcoal and a cathartic.
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A dozen Tylenol PM, enough to knock her out and send her to the ER, administer ipecac and the Olympic sport of hurling.
The Woman Down the Hall Christian Bell 2010
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According to the unnamed paper, The demonstration took a bizarre turn when twenty-four young people wearing ill-fitting suits and ties lined up on Sixth Avenue, swigging vinegar, syrup of ipecac, and food coloring, and vomited red, white, and green.
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Both ipecac-induced emesis and emesis from insertion of a lavage tube can increase the risk of aspiration.
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We are aware that syrup of ipecac has been utilized; however, its safety and efficacy in this situation remains to be documented.
ktrey commented on the word ipecac
Startlingly onomatopoetic.
April 25, 2008
bilby commented on the word ipecac
*wipes the walls down*
April 25, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word ipecac
Oh yes! Duh! *adds to list*
April 25, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word ipecac
"Epilogue."
"Epilady."
"Epicenter."
"Ipecac."
-Mystery Science Theater 3000
June 25, 2009
charlieh7 commented on the word ipecac
Sounds like what it makes you do.
May 24, 2014
yarb commented on the word ipecac
See also the immortal syrup of ipecac.
May 25, 2014
chained_bear commented on the word ipecac
Usage note can be found on Melchisedech Thevenot.
December 28, 2016