What is "emetic" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does emetic mean in English? Meaning of emetic definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "emetic" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "emetic": a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Noun

  • Meaning: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
  • Synonyms: emetic nauseant vomit vomitive
  • Hyponyms: dry mustard ipecac powdered mustard
  • Hypernyms: curative cure remedy therapeutic
  • Pronunciation in UK: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/ Rhymes

  • Adjective: (medicine) causing nausea and vomiting
  • Synonyms:

    purge, laxative, physic, aperient, aperitive, expiatory, laxative, lustrative, physic, purgatorial, purificatory, aperient, aperitive, expiatory, laxative, lustral, physic, purgatorial, purificatory, aperient, aperitive, expiatory, laxative, lustral, lustrative, physic, purificatory, purging, aperient, aperitive, expiatory, laxative, lustral, lustrative, physic, purgatorial, aperient, aperitive, purging,

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    emetic in English: emetic
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