emetic

• emetick (obsolete)

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

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  Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

1. (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.

   Synonym: emetogenic

emetic (plural emetics)

1. (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.

   Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory, emetogen

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     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.

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Borrowed from French émétique, from Latin emeticus.

emetic n (uncountable)

1. emetic