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To: Voltaire who wrote (20144)11/28/2000 2:30:51 PM
From: Selectric II  Respond to of 65232
 
LOL. I had to look that one up.



To: Voltaire who wrote (20144)11/28/2000 3:14:27 PM
From: jjkirk  Respond to of 65232
 
He is one great emetic!

Regular or Tartar?????

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Main Entry: tartar emetic
Function: noun
Date: 1704
: a poisonous efflorescent crystalline salt KSbOC4H4O6· 1/2H2O of
sweetish metallic taste that is used in dyeing as a mordant and in
medicine especially in the treatment of amebiasis
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Main Entry: emet·ic
Pronunciation: i-'me-tik
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin emetica, from Greek emetikE, from feminine of
emetikos causing vomiting, from emein to vomit -- more at VOMIT
Date: 1657
: an agent that induces vomiting
- emetic adjective
- emet·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
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