Emetic

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  • adjective. Causing vomiting.
  • noun. An agent that causes vomiting.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Inducing vomiting.
  • noun. A medicine that induces vomiting.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. causing nausea and vomiting
  • noun. an agent that induces vomiting
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
    • Word Usage
    "But of course, an emetic is out of the question in the present case."
    cross-reference
    emetic weed  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    curative  cure  remedy  therapeutic  
    Hyponym
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    dry mustard  ipecac  powdered mustard  
    Rhyme
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    Athletic  Peripatetic  acetic  aesthetic  alphabetic  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    calomel  corroborant  diaphoretic  emollient  gum arabic  
    Synonym
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    abstergent  castor oil  cathartic  cleaner  cleaning  
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