emetic
4 synonyms for emetic, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adjective — Causing nausea and vomiting.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adjective pharmacology
Causing nausea and vomiting.
“The doctor warned that the drug had an emetic effect.”
2. noun pharmacology
A substance that induces vomiting.
“Doctors sometimes give an emetic to induce vomiting after poisoning.”
How to use emetic
The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.
It is a technical, pharmacological term rather than everyday vocabulary for feeling or being sick.
Etymology
Emetic comes from French emetique, which traces back through Vulgar Latin to the Ancient Greek word emetikos. That Greek word is related to emetos, meaning vomit.
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