| ipecacuanha | <medicine> The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cephaelis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra). Origin: Pg. Ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. Ipecacuana); fr. Braz. Ipe-kaa-guena, prop, a creeping plant that causes vomiting. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| prepared ipecacuanha | A fine powder to contain 2% of the total alkaloids of ipecacuanha, calculated as emetine. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| de-emetinised ipecacuanha | Ipecacuanha from which the emetic principle has been extracted; has been used as an antidysenteric agent. (05 Mar 2000) |