< Greek ἐμετικός provoking vomiting, < ἐμεῖν to vomit.
Having power to produce vomiting. Also fig. sickening, mawkish.
"What do cells smell? Olfactants, pheromones, nutrients, orexigens, anorexigens, toxins, emetics, hormones, etc."
- Peter Jackson, Cell Regulation, Genentech, "How the cell smells: linking ciliophathies to retinal, neurological & kidney disease and cancer", 15 February 2011 (Biological Chemistry seminar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
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