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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-met-ik
Phonetic Transcription : əˈmɛt ɪk


Définition of emetics

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 purgative : noun cathartic
Example sentences :
  • "And remembered that there were emetics in the cruet-stand," said Father Brown.
  • Extract from : « The Wisdom of Father Brown » by G. K. Chesterton
  • Emetics invert the motions of the stomach, duodenum, and œsophagus.
  • Extract from : « Zoonomia, Vol. II » by Erasmus Darwin
  • He finds the seat of the distemper in the stomach, and cures it principally by emetics.
  • Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
  • Go, my boy; cram her with emetics, then shovel in your purgatives.
  • Extract from : « The White Rose of Memphis » by William C. Falkner
  • Emetics and magnesia or chalk, must be the remedies employed.
  • Extract from : « Memoranda on Poisons » by Thomas Hawkes Tanner
  • The operation of emetics is powerfully promoted by drinking copiously of diluents, especially of warm or tepid water.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • Emetics should be avoided in plethoric habits, in hernia, pregnancy, and whenever visceral inflammation is suspected.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • In the very early stage, purgatives or emetics are admissible.
  • Extract from : « The Dog » by Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson
  • In rage he sought his room, and swallowed all the purges and emetics to hand.
  • Extract from : « Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House) » by James S. De Benneville
  • The antidotes for nightshade poison are emetics, cathartics, and stimulants.
  • Extract from : « On the Trail » by Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

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