black vomit
Britishnoun
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vomit containing blood, often a manifestation of disease, such as yellow fever
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informal yellow fever
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2016
The men there slept with linens and blankets soiled with urine, black vomit and feces of recent yellow-fever victims — an environment that made some retch.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2016
The airsickness bag is brimming with black vomit, so Monet closes the bag and rolls up the top.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The black vomit is not really black; it is a speckled liquid of two colors, black and red, a stew of tarry granules mixed with fresh red arterial blood.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Extreme amplification has occurred in Monet, and the sign of it is the black vomit.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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