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emetical

emetical is the archaic form of emetic.

Meaning of emetic

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

  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

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Questions about emetical

What is emetical the archaic form of?
Emetical is the archaic form of emetic.

Words near emetical in the dictionary

  1. emesis
  2. Emessa
  3. emethallicin
  4. emethallicins
  5. emetic
  6. emetical
  7. emetically
  8. emetick
  9. emeticks
  10. emetics
  11. emetin

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