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em·e·tine

 (ĕm′ĭ-tēn′)
n.
A bitter-tasting crystalline alkaloid, C29H40N2O4, derived from ipecac root and used in the treatment of amebiasis and as an emetic.

[French émétine, from émétique, emetic, from Latin emeticus; see emetic.]
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emetine

(ˈɛməˌtiːn; -tɪn) or

emetin

n
(Elements & Compounds) a white bitter poisonous alkaloid obtained from ipecacuanha: the hydrochloride is used to treat amoebic infections. Formula: C29H40O4N2
[C19: from French émétine; see emetic, -ine2]
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Happily, the Haji responded to the emetin injection; and from that day on, the queues of patients never ended.
The six squares that make up the EOWL cube are shown below: PRESTO RUSHES ESCORT SHOVEL TERETE OSTLER RUSHES UNTAME STALER HALITE EMETIN SERENE ESCORT STALER CAGILY OLIVES RELENT TRYSTS SHOVEL HALITE OLIVES VIVERS ETERNE LESSEE TERETE EMETIN RELENT ETERNE TINNER ENTERA OSTLER SERENE TRYSTS LESSEE ENTERA RESEAL * * This word can also be RESET or RESEAU References:
Economics: the source of coffee (Coffea), emetin (Cephaelis), dyes (Rubia), quinine (Cinchona), and drugs (Cephaelis); many are of horticultural interest (Gardenia and many others); the young shoots of Theligonum are used as a vegetable.