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
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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
In a separate tent other healthy subjects slept wrapped in blankets soiled by the black vomit of patients.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
The Marburg in his blood had come from Charles Monet’s black vomit and perhaps originally from Kitum Cave.
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
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