IPECACUANHA

(Lat.), n. Pp-e-ka!1k(ka3k)-u11(u)-a11n(a3n)'- ha3. Probably from the Top in ambo words cip6, a creeping plant, and poaya, emetic, [a, 14.] Fr., ipecacuanha, ipecacuane, racine brestlienne (ou d'ipecacuanha annelee) (1st def.), i. annele (ou officinal) [Fr. Cod.] (1st def.). Ger., /., Ipekakuana, Brechwurzel (1st def.), RuhrwurzeKlatdet.). Sp., ipecacudna [Mex. Ph.]. Port., i. 1. The root of Cephaelis i. It occurs in commerce in pieces about 2 or 3 lines thick, of a grayish or reddish-brown color, with a thick, brittle, finely wrinkled or warty cortex, having a faint, acrid, nauseous taste. It contains emetine, upon which its emetic property depends. In small doses it is often given as an expectorant and diaphoretic, and has been used with great benefit in tropical dysentery. 2. A genus of rubiaceous plants, by Bentham and Hooker referred to Cephaelis. [B, 5. 18, 19, 173, 180 (a. 24).] American i. Sp., ipecacuana de America [Mex. Ph.]. The Euphorbia i., Gillenia stipulacea, and Gillenia trifoliata. [B, 5, 84, 77, 275 (a, 24).] Amylaceous i. Fr., ipecacuanha amylace. It., ipecacuana far in ace a. Ger.. mehlige Brechwurzel. See Undulated i. Annulated 1. Lat., t. annul at a, radix ipecacuanha annulatce. Fr., ipecacuanha annele. Ger., aeringelie I. (oder Brechwurzel). See /. (1st def.); so called because true ipecac presents on its surface a succe ion of circular rings or rugte. [B, 5, 18, 180 (a, 24).] Bastard I. Fr., ipecacuanha batard. The Asdepias cura avica, Ruellia tuberosa, and Pedilanthus tithymaloides. [B, 5, 18. 77, 121, 173, 275 (a, 24).] See also False i. Bengal i. See Indian i. A, ape; A, at; A, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 482]