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emesis

American  
[em-uh-sis] / ˈɛm ə sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

  1. vomitus.

emesis British  
/ ˈɛmɪsɪs /

noun

  1. the technical name for vomiting See vomit

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Etymology

Origin of emesis

1870–75; < New Latin < Greek émesis a vomiting, equivalent to eme- (stem of emeîn to vomit) + -sis -sis

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Emesis may be caused both by local nervous influence, and through the central nervous mechanism either reflexly or from the direct action of substances circulating in the blood.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

Emesis was followed by cries for more water.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

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