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adj
Inducing vomiting; emetic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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noun
The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
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Synonyms: vomitorium
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noun
A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: emetic, vomitive
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noun
an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: entrance, entranceway, entryway, entry, entree
History
From Latin vomitōrium, early 17th c.
Across languages
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