emetic

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See also: emètic

English

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Etymology

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From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, vomit).

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emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

  1. (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.
    Synonym: emetogenic

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Noun

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emetic (plural emetics)

  1. (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.
    Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory, emetogen
    • 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná [] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:
      As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process.

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French émétique, from Latin emeticus.

Noun

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emetic n (uncountable)

  1. emetic

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