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emetic (əmĕt`ĭk), substance that produces vomiting. Direct, or gastric, emetics, which act directly on the stomach, include syrup of ipecac ipecac , drug obtained from the dried roots of a creeping shrub, Cephaelis (or Psychotria) ipecacuanha, native to Brazil but cultivated in other tropical climates.
..... Click the link for more information. , sulfate of zinc or copper, alum alum , any one of a series of isomorphous double salts that are hydrated sulfates of a univalent cation (e.g., potassium, sodium, ammonium, cesium, or thallium) and a trivalent cation (e.g., aluminum, chromium, iron, manganese, cobalt, or titanium).
..... Click the link for more information. , ammonium carbonate, mustard in water, or copious quantities of warm saltwater. Indirect, or systemic, emetics, such as apomorphine, induce vomiting by acting indirectly through the blood on the brain center that controls vomiting. Emetics are not used to treat poisoning by strong acids or alkalis, petroleum distillates such as kerosene, or substances causing convulsions.

emetic

1. causing vomiting

2. an emetic agent or drug

emetic [i′med·ik]

(pharmacology)

Any agent that induces emesis.

Emetic

an agent that induces vomiting. Emetics are distinguished according to whether they act on the vomiting center in the brain (for example, apomorphine) or whether they irritate the mucous membrane of the stomach and reflexly excite the stomach’s vomiting center (ipecac or thermopsis). Emetics are used to counteract the effects of poisoning and to treat chronic alcoholism. For example, an injection of apomorphine combined with ingestion of alcohol leads to a conditioned reflex causing the taste and odor of alcohol to induce vomiting. When taken in small doses, emetics act as expectorants.

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No references found	The stratagem was good while it was unsuspected, but after that the marauders simply gave the sagacious United States mail an emetic and sat down to wait. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context But sometimes he is like the old juggling fellow, formerly a patient of mine in Ceylon, that making believe swallow jack-knives, once upon a time let one drop into him in good earnest, and there it stayed for a twelvemonth or more; when I gave him an emetic, and he heaved it up in small tacks, d'ye see. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context "Pretty near," said Brown, with the shadow of a smile; for the emetic had very suddenly taken effect. The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context	Emergency Supplies Emergency Tax Emergency, State of emergency-exit lighting emergency-exit window Emergent Evolution emersion Emerson Emerson wage incentive plan Emerson, P H Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rollins A. Emerson, William Ralph Emery emery cake emery cloth Emery County emery paper emery rock emery stone emery wheel Emery, Stan Emery-Dietz gravity corer Emesa emesis Emetic emetine emeu emf emi EMIF Emigrant Emigrant Aid Company Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area Emigrants, The Emigration Emigre Émigré émigré nobility Emigres, Russian Revolutionary Émigrés, Russian Revolutionary Emigres, White Émigrés, White Emil Abderhalden Emil Brunner Emil Condurachi Emil Eichhorn Emil Erlenmeyer Emil František Burian Emil Frantisek Burian Emil Gilels	emery wheel Emery, Stan Emery-Dietz gravity corer Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss Syndrome Emery/Weiner School EmeryNet Wealth Discussion Group Emerytalny OFE Emeryville Youth Art Program EMES EMES Emesa Emesa EMESC emeses emeses emeses Emeside emesis emesis emesis emesis basin emesis basin emesis gravidarum Emet Emete-con EMETF Emetic emetic center emetic center emetic center emetic center emetic factor emetic factor emetic factor Emetic powder Emetical emetically emetically emetically Emetics Emetics Emetics emetine emetine emetine emetine hydrochloride Emeto-cathartic emetocathartic emetogenic Emetology Emetology Emetology Emetophobia EMETRA Emetrol Emetrol EMETT

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The stratagem was good while it was unsuspected, but after that the marauders simply gave the sagacious United States mail an emetic and sat down to wait.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

But sometimes he is like the old juggling fellow, formerly a patient of mine in Ceylon, that making believe swallow jack-knives, once upon a time let one drop into him in good earnest, and there it stayed for a twelvemonth or more; when I gave him an emetic, and he heaved it up in small tacks, d'ye see.

Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context

"Pretty near," said Brown, with the shadow of a smile; for the emetic had very suddenly taken effect.

The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context

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