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Causing nausea and vomiting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emetogenic, anacathartic
Antonyms: none provided
An agent that induces vomiting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emetogen, vomitive, vomitory, anacathartic
Antonyms: none provided
a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vomit, vomitive, nauseant
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic
Narrower terms: ipecac, powdered mustard, dry mustard
From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
предизвикващ повръщане
(predizvikvašt povrǎštane)
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Catalan:
emètic
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Czech:
dávicí
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Czech:
emetický
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Dutch:
braakwekkend
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Finnish:
oksettava
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Finnish:
emeettinen
— causing nausea and vomiting
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French:
émétique
— causing nausea and vomiting
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French:
vomitif
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Galician:
vomitivo
— causing nausea and vomiting
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German:
emetisch
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Greek:
εμετικός
(emetikós)
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Hawaiian:
hoʻoluaʻi
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Irish:
urlacach
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Italian:
emetico
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Italian:
emetizzante
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Latin:
emeticus
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Māori:
whakaruaki
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kvalmefremkallende
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Norwegian Bokmål:
brekningsfremkallende
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Polish:
emetyczny
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Polish:
wymiotny
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Portuguese:
emético
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Romanian:
emetic
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Russian:
рво́тный
(rvótnyj)
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Spanish:
emético
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Swedish:
kräkframkallande
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Swedish:
kräkningsframkallande
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Ukrainian:
блюво́тний
(bljuvótnyj)
— causing nausea and vomiting
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Catalan:
emètic
— agent
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Czech:
dávicí prostředek
— agent
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Czech:
dávidlo
— agent
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Czech:
emetikum
— agent
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Dutch:
braakmiddel
— agent
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Finnish:
oksetusaine
— agent
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Finnish:
emeetti
— agent
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French:
émétique
— agent
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French:
vomitif
— agent
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German:
Emetikum
— agent
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German:
Brechmittel
— agent
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Greek:
εμετικό
(emetikó)
— agent
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Hungarian:
hánytató
— agent
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Italian:
emetico
— agent
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Māori:
rongoā whakaruaki
— agent
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Norwegian Bokmål:
brekningsmiddel
— agent
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Polish:
emetyk
— agent
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Polish:
środek wymiotny
— agent
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Portuguese:
emético
— agent
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Russian:
рво́тное
(rvótnoje)
— agent
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Serbo-Croatian:
еметик
— agent
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Serbo-Croatian:
emetik
— agent
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Spanish:
emético
— agent
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Swedish:
kräkmedel
— agent
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Ukrainian:
блюво́тне
(bljuvótne)
— agent
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Volapük:
vomitamedin
— agent