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emesis
[ em-uh-sis ]
emesis
/ ˈɛ³¾Éª²õɪ²õ /
noun
- the technical name for vomiting See vomit
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó²âp±ð°ù·±ð³¾î€½Ä·²õ¾±²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of emesis1
C19: via New Latin from Greek, from emein to vomit
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Example Sentences
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The “emesis bag,†as a tag calls it, includes a drawing of a suited-up astronaut.
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Woman with a migraine holding a towel over her eyes and a crumpled blue emesis bag in her right hand, for when she vomits.
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Before the movie is over, that emesis won’t be the only salvo hurled by a woman in the direction of a man.
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Large draughts of warm water will frequently produce sufficient emesis.
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Disturbance of the stomach with increase of saliva in the mouth as if emesis must occur, with stinging pains in the forehead and cold over the whole body, without thirst or feeling of heat following.
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