emetic

English

WOTD – 19 November 2011

Alternative forms

• emetick (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French émétique, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

  Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

1. (pharmacology) causing nausea and vomiting

Translations

causing nausea and vomiting

• Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (predizvikvašt povrǎštane)
• Catalan: emètic
• Finnish: oksettava (fi), emeettinen (fi)
• French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
• Galician: vomitivo
• German: emetisch (de)
• Greek: εμετικός (el) (emetikós)
• Hawaiian: hoʻoluaʻi
• Irish: urlacach
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: emetico (it)
• Latin: emeticus
• Maori: whakaruaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvalmefremkallende, brekningsfremkallende

• Portuguese: emético (pt)
• Russian: рво́тный (ru) (rvótnyj)
• Spanish: emético (es)
• Ukrainian: блюво́тний (uk) (bljuvótnyj)

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

1. (pharmacology) an agent that induces vomiting

   Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory

Related terms

• emesis
• emetology

 

Translations

agent

• Catalan: emètic m
• Finnish: oksetusaine, emeetti (fi)
• French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
• German: Emetikum (de) n, Brechmittel (de) n
• Greek: εμετικό (el) n (emetikó)
• Hungarian: hánytató (hu)
• Maori: rongoā whakaruaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brekningsmiddel n

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: emético (pt)
• Russian: рво́тное (ru) n (rvótnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еметик

  Roman: emetik

• Spanish: emético (es)
• Swedish: kräkmedel n
• Ukrainian: блюво́тне n (bljuvótne)