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e⋅met⋅ic

  [uh-met-ik]
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–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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Word Origin & History

emetic 
1657, from Fr. emetique, from Gk. emetikos "causing vomiting," from emesis "vomiting," from emein "to vomit," from PIE *wem- "to spit, vomit."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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

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