6 dictionary results for: emetic
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e·met·ic
[uh-met-ik] Pronunciation Key
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[uh-met-ik] Pronunciation Key –adjective
–noun
| 1. | causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance. |
| 2. | an emetic medicine or agent. |
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e·met·i·cal·ly, adverb
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| e·met·ic
(ĭ-mět'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj. Causing vomiting. n. An agent that causes vomiting. [Late Latin emeticos, from Greek emetikos, from emetos, vomiting, from emein, to vomit; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.] e·met'i·cal·ly adv. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
emetic
emetic
1657, from Fr. emetique, from Gk. emetikos "causing vomiting," from emesis "vomiting," from emein "to vomit," from PIE *wem- "to spit, vomit."
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
emetic e·met·ic (ĭ-mět'ĭk)
n.
An agent that causes vomiting. adj.
Causing vomiting.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Emetic
E*met"ic\, a. [L. emeticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. ['e]m['e]tique. See Vomit.] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n. A medicine which causes vomiting.
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