Definitions for "Ipecac"
Nausea, vomiting, asthma and whooping cough. Ipecac is prepared from the dried root of a small South American shrub of the same name, also called ipecacuanha or the cephaelis bush. It acts mainly on the digestive tract and also on the respiratory airways. Its outstanding feature is nausea - whatever the ailment. If the illness has nausea as a predominant symptom, this remedy may help.
A preparation that is made from the dried roots and rhizomes of the shrub Cephaelis ipecacuanha that is used to induce vomiting.
a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
Keywords:  abbreviation, frequent
An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.