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Definition: Emetic |
EmeticNoun1. A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "emetic" was first used: 1657. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Botanical | A substance which induces vomiting. Achyranthes, Allamanda, Argemone, Boerhaavia, Cephaelis, Entada, Hibiscus, Jatropha, Luffa, Mimosa, Momordica, Ormosia, Plumbago, Psychortria, Sarcostema, Sesbania, Thevetia. (references) |
Health | An agent that causes vomiting. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EmeticSynonyms: nauseant (n), vomit (n), vomitive (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Poison, toxin; teratogen; leaven, virus venom; arsenic; antimony, tartar emetic; strychnine, nicotine; miasma, miasm, mephitis, malaria, azote, sewer gas; pest. |
Remedy | Anthelmintic; antidote, antifebrile, antipoison, counterpoison, antitoxin, antispasmodic; bracer, faith cure, placebo; helminthagogue, lithagogue, pick-meup, stimulant, tonic; vermifuge, prophylactic, corrective, restorative; sedative; palliative; febrifuge; alterant, alterative; specific; antiseptic, emetic, analgesic, pain-killer, antitussive, antiinflammatory, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, carminative; Nepenthe, Mithridate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Emetic |
| English words defined with "emetic": Algaroth, Anacathartic, apomorphine ♦ Bear's-foot, bloodroot, briony, Bryonin, bryony ♦ cynancum ♦ Eccritic, Elcaja, Emetical, Emetine ♦ Hedge hyssop ♦ Indian hemp, Indian physic, Ipecacuanha ♦ jew bush, jewbush, Jonquille ♦ Kamala ♦ Lobelia inflata, Lobelin ♦ Mudarin ♦ Naples yellow ♦ Pedilanthus tithymaloides ♦ redbird cactus, redbird flower, redroot ♦ Sabadilla, Sanguinaria canadensis, Seneca root, Seneca snakeroot, Stavesacre, Stibiated tartar ♦ tartar emetic, Tartarized antimony, tetterwort ♦ Violine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "emetic": ACHYRANTHES ASPERA, ACHYROCLINE SATUREOIDES ♦ Castaneto, CEPHAELIS IPECACUANHA ♦ ENTADA SCANDENS ♦ Gallito ♦ LYCOSERIS CROCATA, LYCOSERIS LATIFOLIA ♦ Mochilita ♦ PEDILANTHUS TITHYMALODIES, PLUMBAGO SCANDENS, PSYCHOTRIA EMETICA ♦ Russian ♦ Zinc Acetate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "emetic": Antemetic ♦ Emesis, Emetine. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Gentle Emetic / [J. Gillray].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic. S |
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| "Emetic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.82% of the time. "Emetic" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 81.82% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 18.18% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "emetic": tartar emetic. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "emetic": anti-emetic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
emetic | 33 |
emetic pathophysiology | 4 |
anti emetic | 3 |
tartar emetic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "emetic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që shkakton të vjellë, ilaç për të vjellë, bar që nxit vjelljen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مقيئ, دواء مقيء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | средство за повръщане, който предизвиква повръщане. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 催吐. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dávicí prostředek. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | emetica (vomitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | emeticum (vomitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قی اور, داروی استفراغ اور. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vomitif, émétique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | brechmittel (emetics, soothing, vomitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εμετικόσ (nauseous, vomitive, vomitory), εμετικό (nux vomica), εμετικά φάρμακα (vomitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סם "קא". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hánytató (puke, vomitory), hánytatószer (puke, vomitive, vomitory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | obat muntah. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | emetico (vomitive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 吐剤 (an emetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とざい (an emetic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tilgee, skeeahraghan, skeeahoil (queasy), jough hilgee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | brekkmiddel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emeticay emético (emetine, emigrant, vomit, vomitive, vomitory), emético, vomitivo (vomitive, vomitory), vomitório (vomit, vomitive, vomitory), rebolo (grinder, grinding machine, grindstone, gringo, pulpstone). (various references) vomitiv (vomitive). (various references) рвотный (vomitory), рвотное лекарство, рвотное (vomit, vomitive, vomitory). (various references) emetik, emetičan. (various references) emético (vomitive). (various references) som framkallar kräkning, kräkmedel (vomit). (various references) สิ่งที่ทำให้อาเจียน, ซึ่งทำให้อาเจียน. (various references) kusturucu ilaç (vomitive, vomitory), kusturucu (queasy, vomitive, vomitory), kusturan ilaç (vomit, vomitive, vomitory), istifrağ ettirici. (various references) нудотний (luscious, mawkish, nasty, nauseating, nauseous, noisome, qualmish, queasy, routine, sickish, sickly, treacly), блювотний засіб, блювотний (vomitory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | emetikos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "emetic": emetically, emetics. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "emetic": antiemetic. (additional references) | |
Words containing "emetic": antiemetics. (additional references) | |
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"Emetic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amnetic, edetic, eleatic, emet, emete, emetin, emitic, Esmati, Eumetes, Eymeric, henetic, memetic, meotic, meretrix, Nemetin, pemtelic, Remeliik, temgesic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "emetic" (pronounced eme"tik) |
| 5 | -m e" t i k | arithmetic, cosmetic. |
| 4 | -e" t i k | acetic, aesthetic, alphabetic, anesthetic, apathetic, apologetic, ascetic, athletic, diabetic, diamagnetic, dietetic, diuretic, electromagnetic, empathetic, energetic, epigenetic, ferromagnetic, frenetic, genetic, geomagnetic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, kinesthetic, kinetic, magnetic, paramagnetic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, peripatetic, phonetic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, sympathetic, synthetic, unapologetic, unsympathetic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acoustic, acrobatic, aerobatic, agnostic, altruistic, amniotic, anachronistic, analytic, antagonistic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apocalyptic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, aromatic, arthritic, artistic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, atavistic, atheistic, attic, authentic, autistic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, ballistic, bombastic, bureaucratic, capitalistic, catalytic, cathartic, caustic, chaotic, characteristic, charismatic, chauvinistic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, coloristic, critic, cryptic, cultic, cystic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, deterministic, diagnostic, diagrammatic, dialectic, didactic, diplomatic, dogmatic, domestic, dramatic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, elastic, electrolytic, electrostatic, emblematic, emphatic, enigmatic, enthusiastic, enzymatic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, euphemistic, evangelistic, exotic, expressionistic, extragalactic, fanatic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, fiberoptic, frantic, futuristic, galactic, gigantic, granitic, gymnastic, halophytic, hectic, hedonistic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, holistic, homeostatic, humanistic, hypnotic, iconoclastic, idealistic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, lactic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, lymphatic, majestic, masochistic, materialistic, mathematic, mechanistic, melodramatic, militaristic, monastic, monochromatic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, narcotic, nationalistic, naturalistic, neritic, neurotic, novelistic, numismatic, oligopolistic, onomastic, operatic, opportunistic, optic, optimistic, orthodontic, pancreatic, pantheistic, paralytic, parasitic, paternalistic, patriotic, patristic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, pessimistic, phosphatic, plastic, pluralistic, pneumatic, polytheistic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, primitivistic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, propagandistic, prophylactic, prostatic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, puristic, quixotic, realistic, relativistic, rheumatic, ritualistic, robotic, romantic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, schematic, scholastic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, sensationalistic, septic, simplistic, skeptic, socialistic, static, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, sycophantic, symbiotic, symptomatic, synergistic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, terroristic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thermoplastic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unauthentic, uncharacteristic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unenthusiastic, unpatriotic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-m-t" | |
-2 letters: cete, cite, emic, emit, etic, item, meet, mete, mice, mite, teem, time. | |
-3 letters: cee, eme, ice, met, tee, tic, tie. | |
-4 letters: em, et, it, me, mi, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-m-t" | |
+1 letter: centime, emetics. | |
+2 letters: centimes, decimate, emaciate, eremitic, hermetic, medicate, meteoric, smectite, tenesmic. | |
+3 letters: acetamide, cementing, cementite, centesimi, centesimo, comeliest, committee, creamiest, decimated, decimates, decimeter, ecumenist, emaciated, emaciates, emittance, epistemic, geometric, imperfect, impotence, imprecate, inclement, increment, medicated, medicates, metameric, metricize, mincemeat, miscreate, peacetime, semeiotic, semierect, smectites, timepiece, timescale. | |
+4 letters: acetamides, acidimeter, antiemetic, bacteremia, bacteremic, ceilometer, cementites, cemeteries, centesimal, centesimos, centimeter, chemisette, cimetidine, cinematize, clematises, clinometer, colemanite, comestible, committees, completive, cysteamine, decametric, decimeters, dekametric, ecumenists, emancipate, emblematic, emetically, emittances, empathetic, endemicity, enrichment, enticement, entodermic, eremitical, ergometric, excitement, exothermic, geochemist, geometrics, hemiacetal, hermetical, impatience, imperfects, impotences, imprecated, imprecates, incitement, incomplete, increments, inducement, ivermectin, lemniscate, maledicted, maleficent, masseteric, medicament, megacities, mercantile, mesenteric, metaethics, metathetic, meteoritic, meterstick, metricized, metricizes, micrometer, mincemeats, miscreated, miscreates, miseducate, misteaches, mouthpiece, multipiece, nematicide, nematocide, peacetimes, premeiotic, remittance, schematize, semeiotics, semisecret, septicemia, septicemic, spermaceti, technetium, telemetric, teleonomic, tetrameric, timepieces, timescales, viscometer. | |
+5 letters: achievement, acidimeters, acquirement, actinometer, antiemetics, bacteremias, bewitchment, calorimeter, ceilometers, cementation, centimeters, centromeric, champerties, chemisettes, chemistries, cimetidines, cinematized, cinematizes, clinometers, colemanites, colorimeter, comestibles, commiserate, competitive, computerise, computerize, confinement, contumelies, cosmeticize, costumeries, countermine, crematories, cysteamines, decemvirate, democratize, determinacy, discernment, divorcement, domesticate, eclecticism, econometric, ectothermic, ecumenicist, ecumenicity, egocentrism, elastomeric, emancipated, emancipates, enchainment, endothecium, endothermic, enrichments, enticements, epidemicity, esemplastic, esotericism, estheticism, eudiometric, euphemistic, eurythermic, excitements, freneticism, gametogenic, geochemists, geomagnetic, geometrical, heliometric, hemiacetals, hemopoietic, hemstitched, hemstitcher, hemstitches, hermeneutic, hermeticism, heteroecism, hypermetric, impatiences, impeachment, impenitence, imperfectly, impotencies, incitements, inclemently, incompetent, incremental, incremented, inducements, intumescent, ivermectins, lemniscates, lobectomies, luminescent, maintenance, mantelpiece, masterpiece, mediatrices, medicaments, mendacities, mendicities, metacentric, metaethical, metagenetic, metanephric, meteoritics, metersticks, microgamete, micrometers, misdirected, miseducated, miseducates, monogenetic, mouthpieces, mucopeptide, multicelled, multicenter, multiscreen, myoelectric, nematicides, nematocides, omnipotence, perithecium, piezometric, predicament, recommitted, recriminate, recruitment, reminiscent, remittances, rescindment, schematized, schematizes, septicemias, sextodecimo, spermacetis, technetiums, theorematic, thermocline, unmedicated, vasectomies, vasectomize, velocimeter, vermiculate, vermiculite, viscometers, xerothermic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6D 65 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -- . - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101101 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E m e t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006D 0065 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)397971867569 |
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