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vomit

[ vom-it ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently:
The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
to cause (a person) to vomit.

vomit

/ ˈvɒmɪt /

to eject (the contents of the stomach) through the mouth as the result of involuntary muscular spasms of the stomach and oesophagus
to eject or be ejected forcefully; spew forth

vomit

/ vŏm′ĭt /

Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.

Origin of vomit¹

1375–1425; late Middle English vomiten < Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Greek emeîn ( emetic )

Origin of vomit¹

C14: from Latin vomitāre to vomit repeatedly, from vomere to vomit

Vomit—a settled word, and one of the foremost, of the reversed, unnatural vital function.

When called to patients in the stage of Black Vomit, whether that came on as an early symptom, or at a later stage, Nit.

This they do also when a Tempest is coming; and after the Tempest, they Vomit them up.

The final item in the account was for April 22, 1750, for “a Vomit.”

It intoxicates the Brain, and makes one giddy, without any other operation either by Stool or Vomit.

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