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   emetic

   /ɪˈmɛtɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a substance) causing vomiting.
   • ▪ nauseating or revolting: "that emetic music endemic to department stores"

   noun

   • 1. a medicine or other substance which causes vomiting.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Greek emetikos, from emein ‘to vomit’.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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