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Descriptor English: Emetics
Descriptor Spanish: Eméticos
Descriptor eméticos
Entry term(s) agente emético
efecto emético
emético
fármaco emético
Scope note: Sustancias que provocan el vómito. Pueden actuar directamente en el tubo digestivo, produciendo emesis por sus efectos irritantes locales, o indirectamente, por medio de sus efectos sobre la zona quimiorreceptora desencadenante situada en el área postrema del encéfalo, cercana a la médula espinal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Eméticos
Descriptor French: Émétiques
Entry term(s): Agent, Emetic
Agents, Emetic
Drug, Emetic
Drugs, Emetic
Effect, Emetic
Effects, Emetic
Emetic
Emetic Agent
Emetic Agents
Emetic Drug
Emetic Drugs
Emetic Effect
Emetic Effects
Tree number(s): D27.505.696.329
D27.505.696.663.050.225
D27.505.954.427.270
D27.505.954.483.560
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004639
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.
Annotation: note entry term EMETIC EFFECT: use only for the emetic effect of a chemical substance
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
DeCS ID: 4714
Unique ID: D004639
NLM Classification: QV 73
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Emetics - Preferred
Concept UI M0007280
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.
Preferred term Emetics
Entry term(s) Agent, Emetic
Agents, Emetic
Drug, Emetic
Drugs, Emetic
Emetic
Emetic Agent
Emetic Agents
Emetic Drug
Emetic Drugs
Emetic Effect - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0556136
Preferred term Emetic Effect
Entry term(s) Effect, Emetic
Effects, Emetic
Emetic Effects



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