emetine
/ˈɛm.ɪ.tiːn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in aversion therapy.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "During a 10-year period the sanitarium treated 2,323 patients (93% were men) by the emetine method."
- "Magendie performed experiments on emetics and the nature of vomiting, and showed that the emetic properties of ipecacuanha were due to a substance he named emetine."
- "After a 3-hour incubation with ALLN [acetylleucyl-leucyl-norleucinal], cells were incubated with emetine in the presence (closed symbols) or absence (open symbols) of ALLN (10 µg/ml)."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) + -ine.