emetic

emetic

English

WOTD – 19 November 2011

Alternative forms

• emetick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

  Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

1. (pharmacology) causing nausea and vomiting

Translations

causing nausea and vomiting

Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (predizvikvašt povrǎštane) Catalan: emètic 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) Latin: emeticus Maori: whakaruaki Portuguese: emético (pt) Russian: рво́тный (ru) (rvótnyj) Spanish: emético (es) Ukrainian: блювотний (uk) (bljuvótnyj)

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

1. (pharmacology) an agent that induces vomiting

   Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory

Related terms

• emesis
• emetology

 

Translations

agent

Catalan: emètic m Finnish: oksetusaine, emeetti (fi) French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr) German: Emetikum (de) n, Brechmittel (de) n Greek: εμετικό (el) n (emetikó) Maori: rongoā whakaruaki Portuguese: emético (pt)

Russian: рво́тное (ru) n (rvótnoje) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: еметик Roman: emetik Spanish: emético (es) Swedish: kräkmedel n Ukrainian: блюво́тне n (bljuvótne)