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black vomit

noun

  1. vomit containing blood, often a manifestation of disease, such as yellow fever

  2. informal,  yellow fever

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It was filled with what was known as “black vomit,” a mixture of blood and stomach acids.

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In a separate tent other healthy subjects slept wrapped in blankets soiled by the black vomit of patients.

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Ruth later finds herself spewing black vomit, waking up in viscous sheets, walking the streets to staccato editing, and eventually recoiling from direct sunlight.

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The black vomit blew up around the scope and out of Monet’s mouth.

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She was flat on her back, delirious, stains of dried black vomit on her jeans.

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