ipecacuanha

ipecacuanha
a) a flowering plant, Psychotria ipecacuanha, the root of which has medicinal uses
b) the powdered root of this plant, used as an emetic; ipecac

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  • Ipecacuanha — Ipécacuanha Ipécacuanha …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ipecacuanha — Ip e*cac u*an ha ([i^]p [ e]*k[a^]k [ u]*[a^]n [.a]), n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe kaa guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb ({Cepha[ e]lis… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Ipecacuanha — Ipecacuanha, 1) als Art mehrerer Pflanzengattungen, so von Cephaëlis u. Jonidium; 2) (Ipecacuanhawurzel, Radix ipecacuanhae), seit der Mitte des 17. Jahrh. in Apotheken aufgenommen u. häufig im Gebrauch, einst auch von der Homöopathie als… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ipecacuanha — Ipecacuanha, s. Brechwurzel …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • ipecacuanha — s. f. 1. Arbusto rubiáceo. 2. Raiz ou casca emética desse arbusto. 3. Nome doutras plantas asclepiadáceas, violáceas, etc. • Sinônimo geral: IPECA   ‣ Etimologia: tupi ï peka, pato + a kwaña, pênis …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • Ipecacuanha — Taxobox name = Ipecacuanha image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Rubiaceae genus = Psychotria species = P. ipecacuanha binomial = Psychotria ipecacuanha Ipecacuanha (… …   Wikipedia

  • Ipécacuanha — (Car …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ipecacuanha — Brechwurzel Brechwurzel (Psychotria ipecacuanha) Systematik Unterklasse: Asternähnliche (Asteridae) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • ipécacuanha — ● ipéca ou ipécacuanha nom masculin (portugais ipecacuanha, du tupi) Racine aux propriétés expectorantes et vomitives fournie par plusieurs rubiacées d Amérique du Sud. (Les deux ipécas utilisés en thérapeutique sont C. ipecacuanha et C.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • ipecacuanha — The dried root of Uragoga (Cephaelis) i. (family Rubiaceae), a shrub of Brazil and other parts of South America; contains emetine, cephaeline, emetamine, ipecacuanhic acid, psychotrine, and methylpsychotrine; has expectorant, emetic, and… …   Medical dictionary

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