disgorgement
1
9.9
The action of throwing up the food and liquid from your stomach
- noun
- /dɪsˈɡɔrdʒmənt/
:
vómito
Synonyms
52
2.3
An action of forcing stomach contents up through the mouth
is the more formal or technical noun for the same act
vomiting
vsdisgorgement
7
2.0
To force food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth
is a more formal, less common term for that reflex action
4
9.9
The act of forcing food and drink out of the stomach through the mouth
is the general nontechnical name rather than the clinical one
3
7.5
An action of pushing food and drink out through the mouth
is a more formal, neutral term rather than casual language
1
9.9
The liquid or food that someone has thrown up
focuses on the action rather than the expelled material
regurgitation
vsdisgorgement
1
8.4
Swallowed food or drink comes back up into the mouth, often without control
is broader, covering all stomach contents rather than only swallowed food
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
disgorgement singular
disgorgements plural
Morphology
Etymology
Disgorgement comes from dis- 'away' and an old French word gorge 'throat', the same gorge you know in English. So it means pushing something 'away' from the throat, which is why disgorgement refers to vomiting.