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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : uh-met-ik
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɛt ɪk

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Origin :
  • 1650s (n.), 1660s (adj.), from French émétique (16c.), from Latin emeticus, from Greek emetikos "causing vomiting," from emesis "vomiting," from emein "to vomit," from PIE *weme- "to spit, vomit" (see vomit (v.)).
  • As in lustral : adj purgative
  • As in lustrative : adj purgative
  • As in purgatorial : adj purgative
  • As in purificatory : adj purgative
  • As in purgative : noun cathartic
Example sentences :
  • The emetic she took at about nine o'clock had little effect.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • Emetic's rider had taken a chance and lost it; lost it when McGloin caught him.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • Emetic was the fastest sprinter there that day; a sprinter, not a stayer.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • Do not wait for him to arrive, but give an emetic to rid the stomach of the poison.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • If the child has eaten too much, or of improper food, an emetic should be given.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • Dispensatory: This species acts like P. uniflorum, which is said to be emetic.
  • Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney
  • It was an emetic Mallare had found necessary to administer to himself.
  • Extract from : « Fantazius Mallare » by Ben Hecht
  • Emetic, cathartic with calomel; then sorbentia, chalybeates, Peruvian bark.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • Either a cathartic or an emetic will leave the system under some debility.
  • Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck
  • The juice of the leaves is emetic and that of the roots purgative.
  • Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera

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