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Definitions of ipecac in various dictionaries:
noun - a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
A lowgrowing tropical American shrub (Cephaelis ipecacuanha) having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine.
The dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub.
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| This vomit-inducing syrup originally came from the root of a South American shrub |
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| a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning) |
| A low-growing tropical American shrub (Cephaelis ipecacuanha) having roots and rhizomes that yield emetine. |
| The dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub. |
| A medicinal preparation made from the dried roots and rhizomes of this shrub that is used to induce vomiting, particularly in cases of poisoning and drug overdose. |
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Syrup of ipecac (), commonly referred to as ipecac, is a drug that was once widely used as an expectorant (in low doses) and a rapid-acting emetic (in higher doses). It is obtained from the dried rhizome and roots of Carapichea ipecacuanha from which it derives its name. * In particular, the rapidly induced forceful vomiting produced by ipecac was considered for many years to be an important front-line treatment for orally ingested poisons. However, subsequent studies (including a comprehensive 2005 meta-study) revealed the stomach purging produced by ipecac to be far less effective at lowering total body poison concentrations than the absorption effect of oral activated charcoal (which is effective through the entire gastrointestinal tract and is often coupled with whole bowel irrigation). Ipecac also presents a small risk of overdose (being a mild poison itself) and a major risk of esophagitis and aspiration pneumonia if used to purge corrosive poisons. Having long been replaced (even |