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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. 1
    • : causing vomiting, as a medicinal substance.
n.名词 noun
  1. 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.