emetic

See also: emètic

English

WOTD – 19 November 2011

Alternative forms

• emetick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

1. (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.

   Synonym: emetogenic

Translations

causing nausea and vomiting

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (predizvikvašt povrǎštane)
• Catalan: emètic
• Czech: dávicí, emetický
• Dutch: braakwekkend
• Finnish: oksettava (fi), emeettinen (fi)
• French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
• Galician: vomitivo
• German: emetisch (de)
• Greek: εμετικός (el) (emetikós)
• Hawaiian: hoʻoluaʻi
• Irish: urlacach
• Italian: emetico (it), emetizzante (it)
• Latin: emeticus
• Maori: whakaruaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kvalmefremkallende, brekningsfremkallende

• Polish: emetyczny, wymiotny (pl)
• Portuguese: emético (pt)
• Romanian: emetic (ro)
• Russian: рво́тный (ru) (rvótnyj)
• Spanish: emético (es)
• Swedish: kräkframkallande, kräkningsframkallande
• Ukrainian: блюво́тний (uk) (bljuvótnyj)

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

1. (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.

   Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory, emetogen

Derived terms

• tartar emetic

Related terms

• emesis
• emetology

 

Translations

agent

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: emètic m
• Czech: dávicí prostředek, dávidlo n, emetikum n
• Dutch: braakmiddel (nl) n
• Finnish: oksetusaine, emeetti (fi)
• French: émétique (fr) m, vomitif (fr) m
• German: Emetikum (de) n, Brechmittel (de) n
• Greek: εμετικό (el) n (emetikó)
• Hungarian: hánytató (hu)
• Italian: emetico (it) m
• Maori: rongoā whakaruaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brekningsmiddel n

• Polish: emetyk m, środek wymiotny m
• Portuguese: emético (pt)
• Russian: рво́тное (ru) n (rvótnoje)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: еметик

  Roman: emetik

• Spanish: emético (es)
• Swedish: kräkmedel (sv) n
• Ukrainian: блюво́тне n (bljuvótne)
• Volapük: vomitamedin (vo)

Further reading

• emetic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French émétique, from Latin emeticus.

Noun

emetic n (uncountable)

1. emetic

Declension

declension of emetic (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) emetic	emeticul
genitive/dative	(unui) emetic	emeticului
vocative	emeticule