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hyperemesis

hyperemesis

1 9.9
Severe repeated vomiting that can cause dehydration, often during pregnancy
  • noun
  • /ˌhaɪpəˈrɛmɪsɪs/
  • Specialized
: 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
49 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
49 2.0
nausea
90 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.