emetic meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

emetic

adj

UK /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

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

Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Causing nausea and vomiting.

[...] many common therapeutics of her time, such as the emetic calomel, dramatically inflamed the tongue, gums, and salivary glands.2008, Harriet A. Washington, “Southern Discomfort”, in Medical Apartheid, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, page 61:

Derived terms: antiemetic, emetically, emetin, emetize, hyperemetic, nonemetic

emetic

noun

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

Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences 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:

Derived terms: tartar emetic
Related terms: emesis, emetology