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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Central Nervous System Agents > Emetics
Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Gastrointestinal Agents > Emetics
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Peripheral Nervous System Agents > Autonomic Agents > Emetics

Preferred term

Emetics  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Agent, Emetic
  • Agents, Emetic
  • Drug, Emetic
  • Drugs, Emetic
  • Emetic
  • Emetic Agent
  • Emetic Agents
  • Emetic Drug
  • Emetic Drugs

Note

  • note entry term EMETIC EFFECT: use only for the emetic effect of a chemical substance

Scope note

  • 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.

In other languages

  • emeetit

    Finnish

  • emeetti
  • oksennuslääke
  • oksennuslääkkeet
  • oksetuslääke
  • oksetuslääkkeet
  • Kräkmedel

    Swedish

  • Emetika

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004639

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