emetic
/əˈmɛt.ɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[...] many common therapeutics of her time, such as the emetic calomel, dramatically inflamed the tongue, gums, and salivary glands."
- "As Jan McTavish notes, when the physician diagnosed the headache's origins in the digestive system, particularly constipation, the antidote might entail cathartics (substances that accelerate defecation) or emetics (inducers of vomiting) and other regulators of the digestive process."
Etymology
From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *wemh₁-, émétique, -, ἐμετικός
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /əˈmɛt.ɪk/