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vom⋅it

  [vom-it]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; regurgitate; throw up.
2. to belch or spew with force or violence.
–verb (used with object)
3. to eject from the stomach through the mouth; spew.
4. to cast out or eject as if in vomiting; send out forcefully or violently: The volcano vomited flames and molten rock.
5. to cause (a person) to vomit.
–noun
6. the act of vomiting.
7. the matter ejected in vomiting.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME vomiten < L vomitāre, freq. of vomere to discharge, vomit; akin to Gk emeîn (see emetic )

Related forms:
vom⋅it⋅er, noun
vom⋅i⋅tive, adjective
vom⋅i⋅tous⋅ly, adverb
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vom·it   (vŏm'ĭt)   
v.   vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its

v.   intr.

  1. To eject part or all of the contents of the stomach through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements.

  2. To be discharged forcefully and abundantly; spew or gush: The dike burst, and the floodwaters vomited forth.

v.   tr.

  1. To eject (contents of the stomach) through the mouth.

  2. To eject or discharge in a gush; spew out: The volcano vomited lava and ash.

n.  

  1. The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.

  2. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

  3. An emetic.


[Middle English vomiten, from Latin vomitāre, frequentative of vomere; see wemə- in Indo-European roots.]
vom'it·er n.
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Word Origin & History

vomit  (n.)
c.1386, "act of expelling contents of the stomach through the mouth," from L. vomitare "to vomit often," frequentative of vomere "spew forth, discharge," from PIE base *wem- "to spit, vomit" (cf. Gk. emein "to vomit," emetikos "provoking sickness;" Skt. vamati "he vomits;" Avestan vam- "to spit;" Lith. vemiu "to vomit," O.N. væma "seasickness"). In ref. to the matter so ejected, it is attested from c.1390. The verb is recorded from 1422.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1vom·it
Pronunciation: 'väm-&t
Function: noun
1 : VOMITING
2 : stomach contents disgorged through the mouth called also vomitus

Main Entry: 2vomit
Function: intransitive verb
: to disgorge the stomach contents vomit transitive senses
: to disgorge (thecontents of the stomach) through the mouth
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vomit vom·it (vŏm'ĭt)
v. vom·it·ed, vom·it·ing, vom·its
To eject part or all of the stomach contents through the mouth, usually in a series of involuntary spasmic movements. n.

  1. The act or an instance of ejecting matter from the stomach through the mouth.

  2. Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

  3. An emetic.

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Science Dictionary
vomit   (vŏm'ĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
Matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth, usually as a result of involuntary muscle contractions.
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