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antimony potassium tartrate

antimony potassium tartrate

9.9
A poisonous colorless salt used to fix colors in dyeing and formerly to make people vomit
  • noun
  • /ˌæntɪˈmoʊni pəˈtæʃəm ˈtɑːrtrət/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tartrato de potasio de antimonio
  • Antimony potassium tartrate was once used to treat certain parasitic diseases, though its toxicity is now well recognized.

Examples

  • The dyeing process requires a mordant, and antimony potassium tartrate is sometimes employed for this purpose.

  • Exposure to antimony potassium tartrate must be carefully controlled due to its poisonous nature.

  • The chemist used antimony potassium tartrate in the dyeing process.

  • Is antimony potassium tartrate safe for use in modern medicine?

  • Exposure to antimony potassium tartrate must be carefully controlled due to its poisonous nature.

  • The dyeing process requires a mordant, and antimony potassium tartrate is sometimes employed for this purpose.

  • Antimony potassium tartrate was once used to treat certain parasitic diseases, though its toxicity is now well recognized.

Synonyms

tartar emetic
vsantimony potassium tartrate
  • Archaic
9.9

A poisonous salt once used in medicine to make people vomit

is the formal chemical name used in scientific contexts

Surface Forms

antimony potassium tartrate singular
antimony potassium tartrates plural

Morphology

antimony + potassium + tartrate

This is a systematic chemical name made by concatenating the constituent nouns 'antimony', 'potassium', and 'tartrate', so a learner who knows those words can infer it refers to a chemical salt/compound containing those elements/groups. Chemical nomenclature is compositional and similar across languages, making the basic referent transparent even if specific properties (poisonous, mordant use) require specialist knowledge.

Etymology

Antimony potassium tartrate is a name that simply lists the parts that make the chemical: the metal antimony, the element potassium, and the salt tartrate (from the acid in grapes and wine). As a result, the name refers to a poisonous salt once used in dyeing and in old medicine 'to make people vomit'.