Definitions for ipecacs

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ipecacs ip·e·cac

Spelling: [ip-i-kak]

IPA: /ˈɪp ɪˌkæk/

Ipecacs is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 164 anagrams from letters in ipecacs (acceips).

Definitions for ipecacs

noun

1. the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
2. the plant itself.
3. a drug consisting of the dried roots of this plant, used as an emetic, purgative, etc., and as the source of emetine.

Origin of ipecacs

1780-90, Americanism; short for ipecacuanha Portuguese Tupi ipekaaguéne, equivalent to ipeh low + kaâ leaves + guéne vomit

Examples for ipecacs

"ipecac," cried Matrena Petrovna, and she made the general drink it.

Acid with the ipecac, giving them in rotation, a dose every hour.

Just as soon as the child is able to swallow, give a teaspoon of syrup of ipecac.

Just wait till I get the ipecac bottle—you mayn't have any at your house.

The soap and water had evidently met the allied forces of ipecac.

Simply that the poison should have appeared in the expulsions after the ipecac.

It seems to effect a cure in dysentery in the same manner as ipecac.

A teaspoon of syrup of ipecac, repeated in fifteen minutes if necessary.

Both poison and ipecac were found in the stomach expulsions.

It went from one to another as if it had been a dish of ipecac.