Usually means: Substance that induces vomiting quickly.
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  1. emetic: Merriam-Webster
  2. emetic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. emetic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. emetic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. emetic: Vocabulary.com
  6. Emetic, emetic: Wordnik
  7. emetic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. emetic: Wiktionary
  9. emetic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. emetic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. emetic: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. emetic: Dictionary.com
  13. emetic: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Emetic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Emetic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. emetic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. emetic: Rhymezone
  18. Emetic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. emetic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. emetic: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. emetic: FreeDictionary.org
  22. emetic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. emetic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. emetic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -emetic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. emetic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. emetic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Emetic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. emetic: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. -emetic, emetic: Medical dictionary
  9. Emetic: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. EMETIC: Acronym Finder
  2. emetic: A Word A Day

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Emetic: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. emetic: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (pharmacology) Causing nausea and vomiting.
noun:  (pharmacology) An agent that induces vomiting.

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