emetic

English

WOTD – 19 November 2011    

Alternative forms

• emetick (obsolete)

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἔμετος (emetos, “sickness”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/

  Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

emetic (comparative more emetic, superlative most emetic)

1. (medicine) causing nausea and vomiting

Translations

causing nausea and vomiting

• Bulgarian: предизвикващ повръщане (bg) (predizvikvašt povrǎštane)
• Finnish: oksettava (fi), emeettinen (fi)
• French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
• Galician: vomitivo (gl)
• German: emetisch (de)

• Greek: εμετικός (el) (emetikós) 
• Irish: urlacach (ga)
• Russian: рвотный (ru) (rvótnyj) 
• Spanish: emético (es)
• Ukrainian: блювотний (uk) (bljuvótnyj) 

Noun

emetic (plural emetics)

1. an agent that induces vomiting

Synonyms

• (an agent that induces vomiting): vomitive, vomitory

Related terms

• emesis
• emetology

Translations

an agent that induces vomiting

• Finnish: oksetusaine (fi), emeetti (fi)
• French: émétique (fr), vomitif (fr)
• German: Emetikum (de) n, Brechmittel (de) n
• Greek: εμετικό (el) (emetikó) n 
• Russian: рвотное (ru) (rvótnoje) n 

• Serbo-Croatian: emetik (sh)
• Spanish: emético (es)
• Swedish: kräkmedel (sv) n
• Ukrainian: блювотне (uk) (bljuvótne) n