| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | em·e·tine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   m  -t n |
| NOUN: | A bitter-tasting crystalline alkaloid, C29H40N2O4, derived from ipecac root and used in the treatment of amebiasis and as an emetic. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French émétine, from émétique, emetic, from Latin emeticus. See emetic.
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