About The Word Vomit
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What's The Definition Of Vomit?
[n] the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
[n] a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [n] the matter ejected in vomiting [v] eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" Synonyms | Synonyms for Vomit: barf | be sick | cast | cat | chuck | disgorge | disgorgement | emesis | emetic | honk | nauseant | puke | puke | puking | purge | regorge | regurgitate | regurgitation | retch | sick | spew | spue | throw up | upchuck | vomit up | vomiting | vomitive | vomitus Related Terms | Find terms related to Vomit: See Also | body waste | curative | cure | dry mustard | egest | ejection | eliminate | excrement | excreta | excrete | excretion | excretory product | expulsion | forcing out | haematemesis | hematemesis | hyperemesis | inborn reflex | innate reflex | instinctive reflex | ipecac | pass | physiological reaction | powdered mustard | projection | reflex | remedy | rumination | unconditioned reflex Vomit In Webster's Dictionary \Vom"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vomited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vomiting}.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare.
See {Vomit}, n.]
To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke;
to spew.
\Vom"it\, v. t. 1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; -- often followed by up or out. The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. --Jonah ii. 10. 2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc. Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke. --Milton. \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. {Emetic}, {Vomito}.] 1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured. --Sandys. 2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic. He gives your Hollander a vomit. --Shak. {Black vomit}. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary. {Vomit nut}, nux vomica. |
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