emetic

[ uh-met-ik ]

adjective

1. causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.

noun

1. an emetic medicine or agent.

emetic

/ ɪˈmɛtɪk /

adjective

1. causing vomiting

noun

1. an emetic agent or drug

Derived Forms

• eˈmetically, adverb

Other Words From

• e·meti·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·e·metic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emetic¹

1650–60; < Latin emeticus < Greek emetikós, equivalent to émet ( os ) vomiting + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of emetic¹

C17: from Late Latin ēmeticus, from Greek emetikos, from emein to vomit

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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