ipecac

[化] 吐根 [医] 吐根

发音

/ˈɪp.ɪ.kæk/

词形变化

ipecacs 复数 ipecacs

别名

ipecacuanha

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.

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  2. 2.

    An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning.

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  3. 3.

    The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

vomit emetic nauseant vomitive

相关短语

syrup of ipecac

词源

Contraction of ipecacuanha, from Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Old Tupi ypekakûãîa, from ypeka (“duck”) + akûãîa (“penis”).

来源：wiktionary