emesis
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- hyperemesis noun
Etymology
Origin of emesis
1870–75; < New Latin < Greek émesis a vomiting, equivalent to eme- (stem of emeîn to vomit) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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The “emesis bag,” as a tag calls it, includes a drawing of a suited-up astronaut.
From Washington Post
Woman with a migraine holding a towel over her eyes and a crumpled blue emesis bag in her right hand, for when she vomits.
From New York Times
Before the movie is over, that emesis won’t be the only salvo hurled by a woman in the direction of a man.
From New York Times
Large draughts of warm water will frequently produce sufficient emesis.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
From Project Gutenberg
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