Author: Glossary
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Emigration
The passage of white blood cells through the walls of capillaries and into surrounding tissue during inflammation.
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Emic
In anthropology and transcultural nursing, rel. to a type of disease analysis that focuses on the culture of the patient. The emic perspective emphasizes the subjective experience and cultural beliefs pertinent to the illness experience. For example, in psychiatric settings in the southeastern U.S., many patients believe that their illness is caused by a spell…
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Emetology
The study of the anatomy and physiology of vomiting.
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Emetism
Poisoning from an overdose of ipecac.
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Emetine hydrochloride
The hydrated hydrochloride of an alkaloid obtained from ipecac. It is used for the treatment of both intestinal and extraintestinal amebiasis. It should be used cautiously in elderly or debilitated patients. Children, pregnant women, and patients with serious organic disease should not receive emetine.
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Bismuth iodide emetine
A combination of emetine and bismuth containing about 20% emetine and 20% bismuth.
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Indirect emetic
An emetic that acts on the vomiting center of the brain (e.g., apomorphine).
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Direct emetic
An emetic that acts by its presence in the stomach (e.g., mustard).
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Gastric emesis
Vomiting present in gastric ulcer, gastric carcinoma, acute gastritis, chronic gastritis, hyperacidity and hypersecretion, and pressure on the stomach.
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Chemotherapy-induced emesis
Vomiting associated with or caused by drug treatments for cancer. Even though this side effect is usually self-limiting and seldom life-threatening, the prospect of it may produce anxiety and depression in many patients. Treatments may include drugs such as dronabinol, granisetron, lorazepam, prochlorperazine, and steroids, among others.