Emetocathartic

/ɛˌmɛtoʊkəˈθɑrtɪk/ adjective

Definition

A medical term describing a substance that both causes vomiting and has laxative properties, cleaning the body from both directions.

Etymology

From Greek 'emesis' (vomiting) combined with 'cathartic' (purgative/laxative), creating a compound medical adjective for substances with dual cleansing actions.

Kelly Says

Medieval and Renaissance doctors absolutely loved emetocathartic medicines because they believed in the theory of balancing bodily humors—they wanted to purge everything out of you, top and bottom, to 'cure' almost any illness!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
ARالعربية
مُثير للقيء
mu-thee-r lil-qee-y
BNবাংলা
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
CACatalà
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
CSČeština
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
DADansk
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
DEDeutsch
Emetocathartikum
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-kum
ELΕλληνικά
εμετοκαθαρτικό
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-ko
ESEspañol
emetocártico
eh-meh-toh-kar-tee-koh
FAفارسی
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
FISuomi
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
FRFrançais
émétocathartique
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
GUGU
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
HAHA
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
HEעברית
מעורר הקאות
me-ore-r ha-ka-ot
HIहिन्दी
उपवास
upavas
HUMagyar
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
IDBahasa Indonesia
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
IGIG
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
ITItaliano
emetocattartico
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-koh
JA日本語
吐催性
hu-tsui-sei
KKKK
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
KMKM
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
KO한국어
구토성
gu-toh-seong
MRMR
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
MSBahasa Melayu
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
MYမြန်မာ
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
NLNederlands
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
NONorsk
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
PAPA
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
PLPolski
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
PTPortuguês
emetocártico
eh-meh-toh-kar-tee-koh
RORomână
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
RUРусский
эметико-катартическое
eh-meh-tee-koh-kah-tar-tee-chee-skoye
SVSvenska
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
SWKiswahili
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
TAதமிழ்
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
TEతెలుగు
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
THไทย
ยาระบาย
ya-ra-bay
TLTL
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
TRTürkçe
emetokathartik
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
UKУкраїнська
еметико-катартичне
eh-meh-tee-koh-kah-tar-tee-chne
URاردو
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
VITiếng Việt
thuốc gây nôn
thuo-c gay non
YOYO
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k
ZH中文
催吐药
cuī tǔ yào
ZUZU
emetocathartic
eh-meh-toh-kah-r-tee-k

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