Anacathartic

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any medicine or substance that produces vomiting. dated
Adjective
  1. 1
    That produces vomiting. dated, not-comparable

Synonyms

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emeticemeticemetogenemetogenicvomitivevomitory

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνακαθαρτικός (anakathartikós, “to cleanse upward, i.e. by vomiting”). See cathartic.

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