An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
VOMITIVE
emetic, vomit, vomitive, nauseant
(noun) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
vomitive (comparative more vomitive, superlative most vomitive)
(medicine, pharmaceutical effect) Inducing vomiting
Synonyms
• emetic
• vomitory
Noun
vomitive (plural vomitives)
(medicine, pharmaceutical drug) Something that induces vomiting
Synonyms
• emetic
• vomitory
Source: Wiktionary
Vom"i*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. vomitif.]
Definition: Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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