Antiq. [ad. Gr. συρμαϊσμός, f. συρμαίζειν to purge, f. συρμαία SYRMÆA.] The use of a purgative or emetic.
1842. Smith’s Dict. Grk. & Rom. Antiq., 608/2. Dogs when indisposed sought the Triticum repens, and the same animal taught to the Egyptians the use of purgative, constituting the treatment called Syrmaism.
