emetic
pronunciation
How to pronounce emetic in British English:
UK [iˈmetɪk]
How to pronounce emetic in American English:
US [ɪˈmɛtɪk]
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- Noun:
- a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
Word Origin
- emetic
- emetic: see vomit
- emetic
- 1650s (n.), 1660s (adj.), from French émétique (16c.), from Latin emeticus, from Greek emetikos "causing vomiting," from emesis "vomiting," from emein "to vomit," from PIE *weme- "to spit, vomit" (see vomit (v.)).
Example
- 1. He was given an emetic after eating poisonous berries .
- 2. The roots are used as an emetic .
- 3. Optimum dose of propofol for prevention of emetic episodes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy .
- 4. But the sea acted as a strong emetic .
- 5. If you accidentally swallow any of this liquid , take an emetic to induce vomiting .