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/ɪpɪkakjuːˈænə/ · noun
(medicine, pharmacology) The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac..
This ipecacuanha is a most disagreeable medicine!
A general labor “shortage” crimped Amazonian drug supply chains: the difficulty of procuring ipecacuanha, for example, stemmed not only from the health hazards of the emetic's acrid juice and pungent dust to workers but from bosses' reluctance to reassign indebted rubber tappers to uproot the plant.
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Ipecacuanha means (medicine, pharmacology) The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac..
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This ipecacuanha is a most disagreeable medicine!
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