vomit
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- noun
- /ˈvɑːmɪt/
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- During her episodes of vertigo, she experienced nausea, vomiting, and decreased hearing in her left ear.
- nausea and vomiting
- diarrhea and vomiting
- abdominal pain and vomiting
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- This was right up there and the aftermath is the vomiting all day.
- The meditators got fever, diarrhea and and vomiting.
Examples
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There is less nausea and vomiting associated with this method compared to previous emergency contraception.
Academic text (2011) -
Migraine attacks often feature severe nausea and vomiting, photophobia, phonophobia, and osmophobia.
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How can DNA from two relatives be found in the same vomit?
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When the husband returned to the cabin, his wife had choked on her vomit.
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It can result in vomiting, fever or even death.
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The principal wrinkled his nose at the faint smell of vomit, but I didn't care.
Fiction book (1992) -
The patient denied any loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting, dysphagia, or change in vision.
Academic text (2002) -
You find your mother half-dead, pills and vomit on the sheets; you're on a first-name basis forever.
Fiction book (1992) -
Artie Horman lays on the floor in a puddle of his own vomit, twitching with convulsions.
Fiction book (1999) -
After eating the spoiled food, he experienced severe vomit during the night.
Synonyms
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To force food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth
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An action of pushing food and drink out through the mouth
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The act of forcing food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth
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Swallowed food or drink comes back up into the mouth, often without control
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The liquid or food that someone has thrown up
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The action of throwing up the food and liquid from your stomach
Idioms
Compounds
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A dark vomit that comes from bleeding inside the body, often from severe disease like yellow fever
- Specialized
A pattern of eating where a person repeatedly eats a large amount then makes themselves vomit
- Slang
A very bright design with many playful colors on things like clothes or cakes
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vomit comes from the Latin verb vomere, which means 'to spew' or 'to throw up'. So the word for the act of vomit pictures the body 'spewing' something out of the stomach.