Definitions for emetics

emetics e·met·ic

Spelling: [uh-met-ik]
IPA: /əˈmɛt ɪk/

Emetics is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 152 anagrams from letters in emetics (ceeimst).

Definitions for emetics

noun

  1. an emetic medicine or agent.

adjective

  1. causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.

Origin of emetics

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

Examples for emetics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for emetics
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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