emetic

See also: emètic

English

WOTD – 19 November 2011

Alternative forms

• emetick (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

1. (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.

   Synonym: emetogenic

Derived terms

• antiemetic
• emetically
• emetin
• emetize
• hyperemetic
• nonemetic

Translations

causing nausea and vomiting

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (predizvikvašt povrǎštane)
• Catalan: emètic
• Czech: dávicí, emetický
• Dutch: braakwekkend
• Finnish: oksettava (fi), emeettinen (fi)
• French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
• Galician: vomitivo
• German: emetisch (de)
• Greek: εμετικός (el) (emetikós)
• Hawaiian: hoʻoluaʻi
• Irish: urlacach
• Italian: emetico (it), emetizzante (it)
• Latin: emeticus
• Maori: whakaruaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvalmefremkallende, brekningsfremkallende

• Polish: emetyczny, wymiotny (pl)
• Portuguese: emético (pt)
• Romanian: emetic (ro)
• Russian: рво́тный (ru) (rvótnyj)
• Spanish: emético (es)
• Swedish: kräkframkallande, kräkningsframkallande
• Ukrainian: блюво́тний (uk) (bljuvótnyj)

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

1. (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.

   Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory, emetogen

   • 2022, Seth Garfield, Guaraná […] , Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN:

     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.

Derived terms

• tartar emetic

Related terms

• emesis
• emetology

Translations

agent

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: emètic m
• Czech: dávicí prostředek, dávidlo n, emetikum n
• Dutch: braakmiddel (nl) n
• Finnish: oksetusaine, emeetti (fi)
• French: émétique (fr) m, vomitif (fr) m
• German: Emetikum (de) n, Brechmittel (de) n
• Greek: εμετικό (el) n (emetikó)
• Hungarian: hánytató (hu)
• Italian: emetico (it) m
• Maori: rongoā whakaruaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brekningsmiddel n

• Polish: emetyk m, środek wymiotny m
• Portuguese: emético (pt)
• Russian: рво́тное (ru) n (rvótnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еметик

  Roman: emetik

• Spanish: emético (es)
• Swedish: kräkmedel (sv) n
• Ukrainian: блюво́тне n (bljuvótne)
• Volapük: vomitamedin (vo)

Further reading

• emetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French émétique, from Latin emeticus.

Noun

emetic n (uncountable)

1. emetic

Declension

Declension of emetic

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	emetic	emeticul
genitive-dative	emetic	emeticului
vocative	emeticule