emetic
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noun \i-ˈme-tik\Definition of EMETIC
: an agent that induces vomiting
— emetic adjective
— emet·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
See Origin of EMETIC
Latin emetica, from Greek emetikē, from feminine of emetikos causing vomiting, from emein to vomit — more at vomit
First Known Use: 1657
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Rhymes with EMETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, tonetic, Venetic
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