Definition of "emetine" []

• A bitter-tasting crystalline alkaloid, C29H40N2O4, derived from ipecac root and used in the treatment of amebiasis and as an emetic. (noun)

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• "It is very probable that a comparative experimental study will prove the existence of a large number of elementary species, differing in many points; they will probably also show differences in the amount of the active chemical substances, especially of emetine, which is usually recorded as present in about 1\%, but which will undoubtedly be found in larger quantities in some, and in smaller quantities in other elementary species."
• "And right now they're jolting his gums and the pus-sacs with emetine."
• "Doctor Granville, at the outside, will cure his pyorrhea with emetine for no more than a paltry fifty dollars."