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Vomitive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Relating to or causing vomiting.

n. An emetic.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Inducing vomiting

n. Something that induces vomiting

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Word Usage

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Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

curative remedy therapeutic cure

Hyponym

ipecac powdered mustard dry mustard

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

emetic vomitory