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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·met·ic       [uh-met-ik] Pronunciation Key
–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)  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 
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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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
emetic

noun
a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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