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e⋅met⋅ic

[uh-met-ik]

–adjective

1.	causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.

–noun

2.	an emetic medicine or agent.

Origin:
1650–60; < L emeticus < Gk emetikós, equiv. to émet(os) vomiting + -ikos -ic

Related forms:

e⋅met⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb

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e·met·ic (ĭ-mět'ĭk)

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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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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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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Main Entry: ¹emet·ic
Pronunciation: i-'met-ik
Function: noun
: an agent that induces vomiting

Main Entry: ²emetic
Function: adjective
: having the capacity to induce vomiting —emet·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

emetic e·met·ic (ĭ-mět'ĭk)
n.
An agent that causes vomiting. adj.
Causing vomiting.

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