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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: emetica, from Greek emein 'to vomit'

emetic

 noun
     
Related topics: Drugs, Medicines
e‧met‧ic [countable]
medicalMD something that you eat or drink in order to make yourself vomit (=bring up food from your stomach)
—emetic adjective
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