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emetic

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6 lettersPronunciation /əˈmɛt.ɪk/Part of speech nounSorted ceeimtStarts with EEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Word origin

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.

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  • [...] many common therapeutics of her time, such as the emetic calomel, dramatically inflamed the tongue, gums, and salivary glands.

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