Dictionary

emetic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /əˈmɛt.ɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.

Meanings

1. Causing nausea and vomiting.
   • [...] many common therapeutics of her time, such as the emetic calomel, dramatically inflamed the tongue, gums, and salivary glands. 2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 61:

Forms

Deriveds

nonemetic · emetize · hyperemetic · antiemetic · emetically · emetin

Synonyms

emetogenic · anacathartic

Translations (29)

sv kräkframkallande (causing nausea and vomiting) · sv kräkningsframkallande (causing nausea and vomiting) · uk блюво́тний (causing nausea and vomiting) · pt emético (causing nausea and vomiting) · fi emeettinen (causing nausea and vomiting) · el εμετικός (causing nausea and vomiting) · fi oksettava (causing nausea and vomiting) · nb kvalmefremkallende (causing nausea and vomiting) · pl wymiotny (causing nausea and vomiting) · fr émétique (causing nausea and vomiting) · pl emetyczny (causing nausea and vomiting) · it emetico (causing nausea and vomiting) · haw hoʻoluaʻi (causing nausea and vomiting) · ro emetic (causing nausea and vomiting) · bg предизвикващ повръщане (causing nausea and vomiting) · ga urlacach (causing nausea and vomiting) · mi whakaruaki (causing nausea and vomiting) · it emetizzante (causing nausea and vomiting) · ru рво́тный (causing nausea and vomiting) · cs emetický (causing nausea and vomiting) · gl vomitivo (causing nausea and vomiting) · nl braakwekkend (causing nausea and vomiting) · nb brekningsfremkallende (causing nausea and vomiting) · es emético (causing nausea and vomiting) · fr vomitif (causing nausea and vomiting) · cs dávicí (causing nausea and vomiting) · ca emètic (causing nausea and vomiting) · de emetisch (causing nausea and vomiting) · la emeticus (causing nausea and vomiting)

emetic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈmɛt.ɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.

Meanings

1. An agent that induces vomiting.
   • As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process. 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:

Forms

Deriveds

tartar emetic

Relateds

emesis · emetology

Synonyms

anacathartic · vomitive · emetogen · vomitory

Translations (26)

cs dávicí prostředek (agent) · de Emetikum (agent) · sv kräkmedel (agent) · fi emeetti (agent) · sh еметик (agent) · pl środek wymiotny (agent) · fr émétique (agent) · mi rongoā whakaruaki (agent) · ru рво́тное (agent) · pt emético (agent) · it emetico (agent) · vo vomitamedin (agent) · nb brekningsmiddel (agent) · hu hánytató (agent) · fi oksetusaine (agent) · cs dávidlo (agent) · fr vomitif (agent) · uk блюво́тне (agent) · ca emètic (agent) · el εμετικό (agent) · sh emetik (agent) · de Brechmittel (agent) · es emético (agent) · pl emetyk (agent) · cs emetikum (agent) · nl braakmiddel (agent)