Definitions for emetic

emetic e·met·ic

Spelling: [uh-met-ik]
IPA: /əˈmɛt ɪk/

Emetic is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in emetic (ceeimt).

Definitions for emetic

noun

  1. an emetic medicine or agent.

adjective

  1. causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.

Origin of emetic

1650-60; Latin emeticus Greek emetikós, equivalent to émet(os) vomiting + -ikos -ic

Examples for emetic

emetic's rider had taken a chance and lost it; lost it when McGloin caught him.

The juice of the leaves is emetic and that of the roots purgative.

It was an emetic Mallare had found necessary to administer to himself.

Dispensatory: This species acts like P. uniflorum, which is said to be emetic.

The emetic she took at about nine o'clock had little effect.

emetic, cathartic with calomel; then sorbentia, chalybeates, Peruvian bark.

If the child has eaten too much, or of improper food, an emetic should be given.

emetic was the fastest sprinter there that day; a sprinter, not a stayer.

Do not wait for him to arrive, but give an emetic to rid the stomach of the poison.

Either a cathartic or an emetic will leave the system under some debility.

Word Value for emetic
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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