Chem. Also (obs.) emetin, emetina. [f. Gr. ἔμετ-ος vomiting + -INE.] An alkaloid obtained from the root of Cephaëlis ipecacuanha.
1819. J. G. Children, Chem. Anal., 292. Emetin is obtained from ipecacuanha.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 262. Emetina … was detected, in 1817 … in ipecacuanha.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 721. It resembles … emetine.
