emetic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- emetick (obsolete)
From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)
- (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.
- Synonym: emetogenic
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)
emetic (plural emetics)
- (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.
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.
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:
- Spanish: emético (es)
- Swedish: kräkmedel (sv) n
- Ukrainian: блюво́тне n (bljuvótne)
- Volapük: vomitamedin (vo)
Borrowed from French émétique, from Latin emeticus.
emetic n (uncountable)
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | emetic | emeticul |
| genitive-dative | emetic | emeticului |
| vocative | emeticule |