EMETINES
- EMETINE, an alkaloid (a type of chemical compound) [n]
- EMETINE, an alkaloid which causes vomiting, also EMETIN [n]
- crystalline or white powdery substance, C29H40N2O4, the active principle of ipecac: used chiefly in the treatment of amebic dysentery and as an emetic and expectorant