emesis
Americannoun
noun
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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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The process of emesis is regulated by the medulla.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“Give a woman a quiet room to herself without an emesis basin.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2019
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 ● May 19, 2016
Not quite a decade later—and still four years before Schjeldahl would invent the plastic-lined emesis bag—an article in Flying magazine suggested that 0.2 percent of passengers were getting air-sick on commercial flights.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2014
When no emesis can be obtained the prognosis is decidedly bad.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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