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Antemetic
Antemetic Ant`e*met"ic, a. [Pref. anti- + emetic.] (Med.) Tending to check vomiting. -- n. A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Antiemetic
Antiemetic An`ti*e*met"ic, a. ? n. (Med.) Same as Antemetic.
Emetical
Emetical E*met"ic*al, a. Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Emetically
Emetical E*met"ic*al, a. Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv.
Psychotria emetica
Ipecacuanha Ip`e*cac`u*an"ha, n. [Pg. ipecacuanha (cf. Sp. ipecacuana); fr. Braz. ipe-kaa-guena, prop., a creeping plant that causes vomiting.] (Med. & Bot.) The root of a Brazilian rubiaceous herb (Cepha["e]lis Ipecacuanha), largely employed as an emetic; also, the plant itself; also, a medicinal extract of the root. Many other plants are used as a substitutes; among them are the black or Peruvian ipecac (Psychotria emetica), the white ipecac (Ionidium Ipecacuanha), the bastard or wild ipecac (Asclepias Curassavica), and the undulated ipecac (Richardsonia scabra).
Tartar emetic
Tartar Tar"tar, n. [F. tartre (cf. Pr. tartari, Sp., Pg., & It. tartaro, LL. tartarum, LGr. ?); perhaps of Arabic origin.] 1. (Chem.) A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid, potassium carbonate, black flux, etc., and, in dyeing, as a mordant for woolen goods; -- called also argol, wine stone, etc. 2. A correction which often incrusts the teeth, consisting of salivary mucus, animal matter, and phosphate of lime. Cream of tartar. (Chem.) See under Cream. Tartar emetic (Med. Chem.), a double tartrate of potassium and basic antimony. It is a poisonous white crystalline substance having a sweetish metallic taste, and used in medicine as a sudorific and emetic.
Trichilia emetica
Elcaja El*ca"ja, n. [Ar.] (Bot.) An Arabian tree (Trichilia emetica). The fruit, which is emetic, is sometimes employed in the composition of an ointment for the cure of the itch.

Meaning of Emetic from wikipedia

- Purging disorder An emetic, such as syrup of ipecac, is a substance that induces vomiting when administered orally or by injection. An emetic is used medically...
- lift in order to repair the over US$50,000 in damages caused by the EMETIC. The EMETIC made two other attacks against targets the group considered to be...
- antimontarterate, or tartar emetic, has the formula K2Sb2(C4H2O6)2. The compound has long been known as a powerful emetic, and was used in the treatment...
- ****e in India, Ethiopia and Eritrea.[citation needed] Cancer and nausea Emetic – substances that induce nausea and vomiting Manteuffel, Jacob (2009). "Use...
- was once widely used as an expectorant (in low doses) and a rapid-acting emetic (in higher doses). It is obtained from the dried rhizome and roots of the...
- Russula emetica, commonly known as the sickener, emetic russula, or vomiting russula, is a basidiomycete mushroom, and the type species of the genus Russula...
- the beginning of the pathway triggering vomiting in response to various emetic inputs. However, this structure plays no key role for nausea induced by...
- the pre-emetic phase, characterized by the initial feeling of an approaching episode but still being able to keep down oral medication. The emetic or vomiting...
- various botanists. The roots were used to make syrup of ipecac, a powerful emetic, a longtime over-the-counter medicine no longer approved for medical use...
- tissues that lead to nausea and vomiting are referred to as the emetic pathway or emetic arch. Some medical conditions that arise as a result of cancer...