Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Emetic
E·met′ic, a. [L. emeticus, Gr. ἐμετικός, fr. ἐμεῖν to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit.] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. — n. A medicine which causes vomiting.