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hyperemesis

hyperemesis

1 9.9
Severe repeated vomiting that can cause dehydration, often during pregnancy
  • noun
  • /ˌhaɪpəˈrɛmɪsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hiperemesis
  • I thought I could possibly have been pregnant because with my first I had "Hyperemesis Gravidarum (extreme morning sickness) and Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (extreme pelvic pain), but 8 negative pregnancy tests and I got my period 1 week later.
  • hyperemesis gravidarum

Examples

  • Women with a family history of hyperemesis gravidarum often experience severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

  • Some of them puke for the entire 9 months of pregnancy (hyperemesis) and puke everything, including water.

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  • A neighbor had hyperemesis gravidarum for the entire duration of the pregnancy.

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  • Previously, I have had hyperemesis, and this time I noticed and didn't really want to eat, but I was not debilitated.

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  • She suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum.

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  • Not by my own decision, but because I went through 9 hellish months of sickness (hyperemesis), which makes me all baby.

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  • It sounds like I'm being a drama queen, I know, but I had hyperemesis gravidarum.

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  • The most probable cause of Charlotte's death is hyperemesis gravidarum (which has nothing to do with hysterical rejection of the fetus), not TB.

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  • A neighbor had hyperemesis gravidarum for the entire duration of the pregnancy.

  • Diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), the expectant princess struggled to keep down food and fluids.

Synonyms

vomiting
vshyperemesis
7 2.0

To force food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth

denotes the same reflex but in an excessive, severe medical degree
emesis
vshyperemesis
  • Specialized
4 9.9

The act of forcing food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth

refers to an extreme, clinically severe form of that act

Compounds

hyperemesis gravidarum
  • Specialized
1 7.6

A severe pregnancy illness causing strong feelings of sickness and vomiting that can lead to losing too much body water

How Severe

hyperemesis
  • Specialized
1 9.9
vomiting
7 2.0
nausea
91 3.0

Surface Forms

hyperemesis singular
hyperemeses plural

Morphology

hyperemesis = emesis (opaque) = hyper + emesis

The structure is clear as hyper- + emesis, but emesis is a specialized medical word, so the meaning is not readily recoverable for an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Hyperemesis comes from Greek parts: hyper- meaning 'over' or 'too much', the same hyper- in hyperactive, and -emesis meaning 'vomiting'. So hyperemesis literally means 'too much vomiting', which is why it describes severe, excessive vomiting.