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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

emeticus

, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to vomit, akin to L.

vomere

: cf. F.

émétique

. See

(Med.)

Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.

–

Noun.

A medicine which causes vomiting.

Adj.

[Gr. to vomit.] Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the oesophagus and mouth.

Noun.

A medicine that provokes vomiting.