emetic
/uh-met-ik/US // əˈmɛt ɪk //UK // (ɪˈmɛtɪk) //
催吐,催吐剂,催吐药,催吐术
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an emetic medicine or agent.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A doctor was called, an emetic was given and he purged, and after a time he recovered from the symptoms of poisoning.
We immediately gave him an emetic, which operated well, and before night he was relieved of every alarming symptom.
My landlord, who took pity on me, called a Jewish physician, who prescribed an emetic which soon cured me of my fever.
Both are pectoral and expectorant; and in large doses nauseant and emetic.
Expectorant and diaphoretic, in small doses; emetic and narcotic, in larger ones.
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