emetic
UK/əˈmɛt.ɪk/
emetic adjective: causing nausea and vomiting.
Adjective
emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- emetogenic, anacathartic
Noun
emetic (plural emetics)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- emetogen, vomitive, vomitory, anacathartic
emetic meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
emetic in Hindi
- an emetic
- वमन vaman
emetic in Tamil
- வாந்திப்பொருள், குமட்டல் ஊக்கி, வாந்தி ஊக்கி, வாந்தி தூண்டி, கக்கற்றூண்டி
emetic in Urdu
- قئے آوار
emetic in Bengali
- বমি সৃষ্টিকারী ঔষধ
More languagesFewer languages
- emetic in Telugu
- వాంతిమందు vāntimandu
- emetic in Malayalam
- ഛർദ്ദിയുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, വമനകമായ
- emetic in Kannada
- ಓಕರಿಕೆ ಬರಿಸುವ, ಕಾರಿಸುವ
Synonyms of emetic
Forms of emetic
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more emetic |
| superlative | most emetic |
| alternative form | emetick |
| Noun | |
| plural | emetics |
Origin of emetic
From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
Words formed from emetic
Words that rhyme with emetic
- sympathetic
- hermetic
- kinetic
- athletic
- genetic
- magnetic
- energetic
- pathetic
- syndetic
- aesthetic
- diabetic
- diaeretic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- frenetic
- mimetic
- peripatetic
- planetic
- poetic
- tonetic
- abietic
- anesthetic
- anoetic
- anuretic
- apathetic
- ascetic
- auxetic
- cybernetic
- dietetic
- epithetic
- Helvetic
- parasympathetic
- parenthetic
- phyletic
- Sidetic
- splenetic
- synaeretic
- synizetic
- tabetic
- threnetic
- alexipyretic
- algetic
- alphabetic
- alphametic
- amuletic
- analgetic
- anchoretic
- anoretic
- aphetic
- aporetic
- archegetic
- asyndetic
- auletic
- autonoetic
- balletic
- Baphometic
- cardioparasympathetic
- cardiosympathetic
- cometic
- conspiracy-theoretic
- cynegetic
- diagenetic
Questions about emetic
- What does emetic mean?
- Emetic means causing nausea and vomiting.
- What is emetic in Hindi?
- Emetic in Hindi is वमन (vaman). See Emetic meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emetic?
- Emetic can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce emetic?
- Emetic is pronounced /əˈmɛt.ɪk/ (UK).
Words near emetic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emetic (page history and authors); वमन (Hindi) (page history and authors); emetic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emetic (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emetic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); వాంతిమందు (Telugu) (page history and authors); emetic (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emetic (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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