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emetics

emetics is the plural of emetic.

Meaning of emetic

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

  1. 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

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Questions about emetics

What is emetics the plural of?
Emetics is the plural of emetic.

Words near emetics in the dictionary

  1. emetic
  2. emetical
  3. emetically
  4. emetick
  5. emeticks
  6. emetics
  7. emetin
  8. emetine
  9. emetise
  10. emetize
  11. emetized

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