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vomiting

vomiting

7 2.0
To force food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth
  • noun
  • /ˈvɑːmətɪŋ/
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  • The FDA warns raw milk can cause vomiting, diarrhea and worse.
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • Vomiting and diarrhea
  • Vomiting and abdominal pain

Next is nausea and vomiting or stomach pain.

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Examples

  • Next is nausea and vomiting or stomach pain.

    KenDBerryMD

  • Vomiting and nausea were shown to be associated with the landfill in the absence of reporting bias.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Next day, back in hospital, same thing, vomiting everything, seizures.

  • It's not like I'm not vomiting, but I don't feel good.

  • Vomiting can quickly lead to dehydration, especially with very young children.

    Academic text (2007)

  • This can cause stomach pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.

    Dr. Sam Bailey

  • Vomiting, however, can have serious consequences for patients—for example, after oesophageal surgery.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The most common symptoms of acute nicotine poisoning are nausea, vomiting, headaches and dizziness.

  • Vomiting and diarrhoea can be complicated by dehydration resulting from fluid loss caused by sweating in hot climates combined with morning sickness.

    Academic text (2011)

  • After eating that old meat, he experienced severe vomiting and had to go to the doctor.

Synonyms

vomit
vsvomiting
  • NSFW
52 2.3

An action of forcing stomach contents up through the mouth

is the clinical or formal description rather than casual speech
emesis
vsvomiting
  • Specialized
4 9.9

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

is the general neutral term rather than a clinical label
puking
vsvomiting
  • Informal
3 7.5

An action of pushing food and drink out through the mouth

is the neutral technical description rather than slang or coarse wording
disgorgement
vsvomiting
1 9.9

The action of throwing up the food and liquid from your stomach

is the common medical description rather than a literary or metaphorical term
vomity
vsvomiting
  • NSFW
1 9.9

The liquid or food that someone has thrown up

focuses only on the reflex act not on the leftover matter
regurgitation
vsvomiting
1 8.4

Swallowed food or drink comes back up into the mouth, often without control

is the reflex ejection of stomach contents generally not only swallowed food

How Severe

vomiting
7 2.0
to retch
9 7.2
to gag
5 5.1

Surface Forms

vomiting singular
vomitings plural

Morphology

vomiting = vomit (transparent) = vomit + ing

Clear deverbal noun formation from the verb 'vomit' with the productive nominalizing suffix '-ing', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word vomiting comes from the old Latin words vomitare and vomere, which mean 'to throw up' or 'to vomit'. Think of your stomach 'throwing out' its contents — that image explains exactly why we use the word for the reflex of bringing food up from the stomach.