emetic

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/
Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

(pharmacology) causing nausea and vomiting

Translations

causing nausea and vomiting

Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (predizvikvašt povrǎštane)
Catalan: emètic
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)
Latin: emeticus
Maori: whakaruaki
Portuguese: emético (pt)
Russian: рво́тный (ru) (rvótnyj)
Spanish: emético (es)
Ukrainian: блювотний (uk) (bljuvótnyj)

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

(pharmacology) an agent that induces vomiting
Synonyms: vomitive, vomitory

Related terms

Translations

agent

Catalan: emètic m
Finnish: oksetusaine, emeetti (fi)
French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
German: Emetikum (de) n, Brechmittel (de) n
Greek: εμετικό (el) n (emetikó)
Maori: rongoā whakaruaki
Portuguese: emético (pt)

Russian: рво́тное (ru) n (rvótnoje)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: еметик

Roman: emetik
Spanish: emético (es)
Swedish: kräkmedel n
Ukrainian: блюво́тне n (bljuvótne)

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