IPECAC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ipecac mean? 

• IPECAC (noun)
  The noun IPECAC has 1 sense:

1. a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)

  Familiarity information: IPECAC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IPECAC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ipecac" is a kind of...):

emetic; nauseant; vomit; vomitive (a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting)

 Context examples 

The chloride salt of a white crystalline bitter alkaloid isolated from the root of the plant Psychotria Ipecacuanha (ipecac root) and other plants with antiemetic and anthelminthic properties.

(Emetine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)