Ipecacとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Contraction of ipecacuanha, from Portuguese ipecacuanha, from Tupi-Guarani ipekaaguéne (“emetic creeper”), from ipe (“small”) +‎ kaa (“leaves”) +‎ guéne (“vomit”); or from Tupian ɨpekakwánʸa, from ɨpeka (“duck”) +‎ akwánʸa (“penis”).

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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪp.ɪ.kæk/

名詞

ipecac (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ipecacs)

1. The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata かつ Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
2. (pharmacology) An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning.

   Synonym: syrup of ipecac

3. The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.

参照

• “ipecacuanha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “ipecac”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

アナグラム

• ice cap, ice-cap, icecap