Word familynounemesisemetinemetophobiaadjectiveemeticalemeticadverbemetically
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e·met·ic /ɪˈmetɪk/ noun [countableC]
medicalMD something that you eat or drink in order to make yourself vomit (=bring up food from your stomach) 催吐剂
—emeticadjectiveadj
Examples from the Corpus
emetic• In the name of Freudian nurture theories, gays were once treated with aversion therapy-electric shocks and emetics accompanied by homoerotic images.• There is plentiful evidence of the emetic of the climbing!• The usual treatment was bullying, tricks, emetics and evil-smelling fumigation with filthy things.
Originemetic
(1600-1700)Latinemetica, from Greekemein“to vomit”