emesi-, -emea, -emesis, eme-, emeto-, emet-, emeti-, -emetic +

1. Tending to check vomiting.
2. A medicine of this nature.

1. Preventing or relieving nausea and vomiting.
2. An agent that prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting.

Drugs used to prevent nausea or vomiting. Antiemetics act by a wide range of mechanisms. Some act on the medullary contol centers (the vomiting center and the chemoreceptive trigger zone) while others affect the peripheral receptors.

1. Idiopathic or functional vomiting.
2. Vomiting that is self-induced by provoking the gag reflex.
3. Vomiting induced by autosuggeston, as observed in certain mental patients.

Painful vomiting; retching.

Vomiting; the forcible expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth; also called emesis and regurgitation.

Vomiting; or the forcible expulsion of stomach contents through the mouth.

1. Loss of weight resulting from persistent vomiting.
2. Atrophy or wasting due to persistent vomiting.

1. Bringing on or causing the act of vomiting.
2. An agent that causes or excites vomiting.
3. Having the power to produce vomiting.

The sum of knowledge regarding emetics.

An agent that causes vomiting and purging of the lower intestines.

Having the capacity to induce emesis (vomiting), a common property of anticancer agents, narcotics, and amorphine.

Knowledge regarding emetics.

A morbid desire to vomit, usually an hysterical symptom.

Hydrochloride salt that is used as an emetic.