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# emetic

«emetic» in Mova's school dictionary: **A medicine or substance that makes a person vomit (be sick)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an emetic, emetics); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) (medicine) A medicine or substance that makes a person vomit (be sick). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#m1)

2) Making someone sick, as an adjective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In medicine and history, emetics were once used against poisoning, but doctors now rarely use them; in safety lessons, never make someone sick after swallowing poison unless a doctor says so; in stories, an emetic may appear in old medicine; phrases: «an emetic drug».

### examples

- In the old days, doctors gave an emetic to poison victims. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#x1)
- Salty water was once used as an emetic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#x2)
- The vet gave the dog an emetic after it ate chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#x3)
- Some plants are emetic and make animals sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#x4)
- Today, doctors rarely use emetics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#x5)
- If someone swallows something poisonous, call for help at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/#x6)

### note

Countable noun. Pronounced e-MET-ik. Safety: do not make yourself or others sick after swallowing poison; ring the emergency number or a poison helpline.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emetic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emetic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.