emetic
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- noun
- /ɪˈmɛtɪk/
- Specialized
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emético
- The rat that has been injected with an emetic after eating corn may never eat corn again, even if eating corn becomes necessary for its survival.
Examples
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Mercury, arsenic, emetics, bloodletting, and enemas were popular, even though in many cases they really did no good at all.
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After eating something spoiled, he took an emetic to induce vomiting and feel better.
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Perhaps if I needed an emetic.
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She needs an emetic first.
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For tonight, the chart indicates a few drugs... ...a bath... ...and an emetic.
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This oil will smother the poison until I can come back here, and swallow this emetic.
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Private Briggs, emetic fever.
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The major sites responsive to emetic stimuli are in the gut and in the brain, areas that are rich in 5-HT3 receptors.
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My doctors have bled her repeatedly; have tried, without success, lesions, emetics and purges.
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Moreover, profuse sweating led to dangerous dehydration, as did the use of traditional herbal medicines, many of which were cathartics and emetics.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
emetic = emesis (opaque) = emet + ic
The word is formed from the Greek combining form 'emet-' (related to 'emesis') plus the adjectival suffix '-ic'; because 'emet-'/ 'emesis' is a medical/obscure root unfamiliar to average learners, the meaning is not transparently derived for a typical B1 learner.
Etymology
The word emetic comes from an old Greek word emein meaning 'to vomit', so an emetic is a medicine or substance that makes you vomit to clear the stomach.