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Abstract
Agents that cause vomiting. They may act directly on the gastrointestinal tract, bringing about emesis through local irritant effects, or indirectly, through their effects on the chemoreceptor trigger zone in the postremal area near the medulla.
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13 entry terms
- Emetic
- Emetic Agent
- Emetic Agents
- Emetic Drug
- Emetic Drugs
- Agent, Emetic
- Agents, Emetic
- Drug, Emetic
- Drugs, Emetic
- Emetic Effect
- Emetic Effects
- Effect, Emetic
- Effects, Emetic
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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note entry term EMETIC EFFECT: use only for the emetic effect of a chemical substance
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Emetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004639. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004639
- Emetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930829