emetic


Definition: Meaning of, emetic in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ɪˈmɛtɪk /

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emetic emetics
[countable]
  1. medical something that you eat or drink in order to make yourself VOMIT (= bring up food from your stomach)
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emetic used in phrases

  • tartar emetic (noun)
    1. a poisonous colourless salt used as a mordant and in medicine
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circa 1040-1080 according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur