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S vs Emetic - What's the difference?

s | emetic |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective emetic is

(medicine) causing nausea and vomiting.

As a noun emetic is

an agent that induces vomiting.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    emetic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * emetick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) causing nausea and vomiting

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • an agent that induces vomiting

    • Synonyms

    * (an agent that induces vomiting) vomitive, vomitory

    Related terms

    * emesis * emetology