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Webster 1913 Edition

algarot

{

al′ga-rot

(ăl′gȧ-rŏt)
,

al′ga-roth

(ăl′gȧ-rŏth)
, }
Noun.
[F.
algaroth
, fr. the name of the inventor,
Algarotti
.]
(Med.)
A term used for the
Powder of Algaroth
, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.

Webster 1828 Edition

Algarot

AL'GAROT

, or AL'GAROTH,
Noun.
The name of an emetic powder, prepared from the regulus of antimony, dissolved in acids, and separated by repeated lotions in warm water. It is either an Arabic term, or the name of the inventor, a physician of Verona.

Definition 2024

algarot

algarot

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Noun

algarot ‎(uncountable)

  1. A pale white emetic powder formerly used in alchemy, consisting of a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony.

Etymology

French algaroth, from the name of the inventor, Algarotti.

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