emetic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emetic	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for emetic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emetic n a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emetic \E*met"ic\, a. [L. emeticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. [82]m[82]tique. See {Vomit}.] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n. A medicine which causes vomiting.