| tartar | <dentistry> Another name for calculus (08 Jan 1998) |
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| tartar emetic | <chemical> Bis(mu-(2,3-dihydroxybutanedioato(4-)-o(1),o(2):o(3),o(4)))diantimonate(2-) dipotassium trihydrate, stereoisomer. A schistosomicide possibly useful against other parasites. It has irritant emetic properties and may cause lethal cardiac toxicity among other adverse effects. Pharmacological action: schistosomicides. Chemical name: Antimonate(2-), bis(mu-(2,3-dihydroxybutanedioato(4-)-O1,O2:O3,O4))di-, dipotassium, trihydrate, stereoisomer (12 Dec 1998) |
| tartarated | <chemistry> Tartrated. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartareous | 1. Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar. 2. <botany> Having the surface rough and crumbling; as, many lichens are tartareous. Origin: Cf. 1st Tartarous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartarian | <botany> The name of some kinds of cherries, as the Black Tartarian, or the White Tartarian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartaric | Of or pertaining to Tartary in Asia, or the Tartars. <botany> Tartarian lamb, Scythian lamb. See Barometz. <chemistry> Of or pertaining to tartar; derived from, or resembling, tartar. Tartaric acid. An acid widely diffused throughout the vegetable kingdom, as in grapes, mountain-ash berries, etc, and obtained from tartar as a white crystalline substance, C2H2(OH)2.(CO2H)2, having a strong pure acid taste. It is used in medicine, in dyeing, calico printing, photography, etc, and also as a substitute for lemon juice. Called also dextro-tartaric acid. By extension, any one of the series of isomeric acids (racemic acid, levotartaric acid, inactive tartaric acid) of which tartaric acid proper is the type. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartaric acid | HOOC-CHOH-CHOH-COOH; Dihydroxysuccinic acid;made from crude tartar; a laxative and refrigerant; used in the manufacture of various effervescing powders, tablets, and granules. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tartarine | <chemistry> Potassium carbonate, obtained by the incineration of tartar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartarize | <chemistry> To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar. <medicine> Tartarized antimony, tartar emetic. Origin: Cf. F. Tartariser. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartarum | <chemistry> See 1st Tartar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| tartarus | The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general. Origin: L, from Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plaque and tartar cause | (12 Dec 1998) |
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| cream of tartar | KHC4H4O6;a diuretic and laxative. Synonym: cream of tartar, potassium acid tartrate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| soluble tartar | K2C4H4O6-1/2 H2O;a mild purgative and diuretic. Synonym: soluble tartar. (05 Mar 2000) |