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View synonyms for emetic
emetic
[ uh-met-ik ]
adjective
- causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.
noun
- an emetic medicine or agent.
emetic
/ ɪˈmɛtɪk /
adjective
- causing vomiting
noun
- an emetic agent or drug
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Derived Forms
- eˈmetically, adverb
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Other Words From
- e·meti·cal·ly adverb
- hyper·e·metic adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emetic1
C17: from Late Latin ēmeticus, from Greek emetikos, from emein to vomit
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Example Sentences
A doctor was called, an emetic was given and he purged, and after a time he recovered from the symptoms of poisoning.
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We immediately gave him an emetic, which operated well, and before night he was relieved of every alarming symptom.
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My landlord, who took pity on me, called a Jewish physician, who prescribed an emetic which soon cured me of my fever.
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Both are pectoral and expectorant; and in large doses nauseant and emetic.
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Expectorant and diaphoretic, in small doses; emetic and narcotic, in larger ones.
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