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emetic adjective /ɪˈmetɪk/ /ɪˈmetɪk/ (medical) jump to other results - making you vomit (= bring up food from the stomach)
emetic noun /ɪˈmetɪk/ /ɪˈmetɪk/ (medical) jump to other results - a substance that makes you vomit (= bring up food from the stomach)
- The child was given an emetic after he had swallowed some poisonous berries.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek emetikos, from emein ‘to vomit’.
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