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单词 antiemetic
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antiemeticadj.n.

Brit. /ˌantɪᵻˈmɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iəˈmɛdɪk/, /ˌæn(t)iiˈmɛdɪk/
Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s antiemetick, 1700s– antiemetic.

β. 1700s antemetick, 1800s– antemetic Brit. /ˌantɪˈmɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˈmɛdɪk/, /ˌæn(t)əˈmɛdɪk/.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: anti- prefix, emetic adj.
Etymology: < anti- prefix + emetic adj. In use as adjective after post-classical Latin antemeticus (1674 in the passage translated in quot. 1679). In use as noun after antemetica, plural (1684 or earlier).
Medicine.
A. adj.
Used to treat or control vomiting and nausea; of or relating to such treatment.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [adjective] > stopping vomiting
antiemetic1679
1679 tr. T. Willis Pharmaceutice Rationalis i. 36 (heading) Of the Remedy of too much Vomiting, also of Antiemetick Medicines [L. Medicamentis antemeticis], or such as stop Vomiting.
1770 W. Northcote Marine Pract. Physic & Surg. II. v. 102 If the pain or vomiting still continues, give a saline antiemetic draught every three or four hours, with sp. nitri dulc.
1849 London Jrnl. Med. 1 569 To allay vomiting, they give ice, iced Seltzer water, and the anti-emetic potion of Rivière.
1896 F. P. Foster Ref.-bk. Pract. Therapeutics I. 98/1 A consideration of the means used to check vomiting requires much more than a mere study of the antemetic drugs.
1922 Internat. Jrnl. Orthodontia, Oral Surg. & Radiogr. 8 381 Anesthesia calcidin, an anesthetic, antiemetic, antigagging tablet..may sometimes to be used to advantage.
1981 Jrnl. Clin. Pharmacol. 21 103S Patients about to receive their first treatment with potentially nauseant cancer chemotherapy were randomized to one of six antiemetic treatments.
2002 Times 11 Feb. ii. (Med. Guide) 19/1 Treatment focus on management rather than cure; antiemetic drugs can help to control nausea and vertigo.
B. n.
An antiemetic medicinal agent or treatment.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > astringent or restringent preparations > [noun] > for stopping vomiting or nausea
antiemetic1683
seasick medicine1925
1683 W. Salmon Doron Medicum i. xxi. 139 (heading) Examples in Compounding Emeticks and Anti-emeticks.
1755 J. Higgs Pract. Ess. 27 It is also a good Anti-Emetic, and, with a few Drops of the Tinctura Thebaica mixed with it, will take off Vomiting and Sickness at the Stomach.
1832 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 11July 343 I believe these observations are equally true of antemetics.
1891 Western Druggist 13 410/2 The most striking action of resorcin is that of an anti-emetic. In this capacity it was employed in the vomiting in pregnancy, in peritonitis, and in sea-sickness, with excellent result.
1901 T. Sollmann Text-bk. Pharmacol. xix. 430 Champagne is also used as an antemetic.
1980 Lancet 5 Apr. 754/1 Chlorpromazine acted as an anxiolytic as well as an antiemetic.
2001 A. Solomon Noonday Demon (2002) vii. 275 We planned how my brother and I would come to the house, how my mother would take the antiemetics, what time of day would be best for this exercise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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