emetic


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e·met·ic

 (ĭ-mĕt′ĭk)
adj.
Causing vomiting.
n.
An agent that causes vomiting.
[Late Latin emeticos, from Greek emetikos, from emetos, vomiting, from emein, to vomit; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.]
e·met′i·cal·ly adv.
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emetic

(ɪˈmɛtɪk)
adj
(Medicine) causing vomiting
n
(Medicine) an emetic agent or drug
[C17: from Late Latin ēmeticus, from Greek emetikos, from emein to vomit]
eˈmetically adv
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e•met•ic

(ɪˈmɛt ɪk)

adj.
1. causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.
n.
2. an emetic medicine or agent.
[1650–60; < Latin emeticus < Greek emetikós, derivative of émetos vomiting]
e•met′i•cal•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.emetic - a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
nauseant, vomitive, vomit
ipecac - a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
dry mustard, powdered mustard - a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic
curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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Translations

emetic

[ɪˈmetɪk]
A. ADJ → emético, vomitivo
B. N → emético m, vomitivo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

emetic

[ɪˈmɛtɪk] n → vomitif m, émétique m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

emetic

n → Brechmittel nt, → Emetikum nt (spec)
adj → Brechreiz erregend, emetisch (spec)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

emetic

[ɪˈmɛtɪk] n → emetico
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

e·met·ic

a. emético-a, que estimula el vómito.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

emetic

adj emético; n vomitivo, emético
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"Send for some oil of turpentine and tartar emetic."
"That emetic, Villefort -- see if it is coming." Villefort sprang into the passage, exclaiming, "The emetic!
"Will they never bring that emetic?" asked the doctor.
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The stratagem was good while it was unsuspected, but after that the marauders simply gave the sagacious United States mail an emetic and sat down to wait.
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"Pretty near," said Brown, with the shadow of a smile; for the emetic had very suddenly taken effect.
That book on his table was a work on poisons; and was put down open at the place where it stated that a certain Indian poison, though deadly and difficult to trace, was particularly easily reversible by the use of the commonest emetics. I suppose he read that at the last moment--"
"And remembered that there were emetics in the cruet-stand," said Father Brown.
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But sometimes he is like the old juggling fellow, formerly a patient of mine in Ceylon, that making believe swallow jack-knives, once upon a time let one drop into him in good earnest, and there it stayed for a twelvemonth or more; when I gave him an emetic, and he heaved it up in small tacks, d'ye see.
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I mean this: When a carpenter is ill he asks the physician for a rough and ready cure; an emetic or a purge or a cautery or the knife,-- these are his remedies.
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Among the patients with nausea and vomiting, the severity of emesis in terms of number of emetic episodes and frequency of nausea were also compared between two groups in acute and delayed phases of 1st and 2nd cycles (Figures 5, 6 and Tables 1, 2).
A prospective observational study to compare the antiemetic efficacy and safety profile of two combinations namely ondansetron-dexamethasone versus palonosetron-dexamethasone in prophylaxis of cisplatin induced emesis
Though Group-O has shown less number of emetic episodes in 1 hr.
Prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting in elective LSCS under spinal anaesthesia by pre-operative ondansetron versus metoclopramide: a prospective single-blinded randomised control trial
Metoclopramide 10mg IV was permitted as a rescue anti-emetic if patient had more than 2 emetic episodes.
Effect of oral ondansetron in the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting following diagnostic laparoscopy in daycare patients

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