Nearby words
emersonian, emery, emery board, emery cloth, emery wheel, emesis, emetic, emetine, emetocathartic, emf, emg
Origin of emesis
1870–75; < New Latin < Greek émesis a vomiting, equivalent to eme- (stem of emeîn to vomit) + -sis -sis
Related formshy·per·em·e·sis, noun
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Word Origin for emesis
C19: via New Latin from Greek, from emein to vomit
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Word Origin and History for emesis
emesis
"action of vomiting," 1875, medical Latin, from Greek emesis, from emein "to vomit" (see emetic).
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Medicine definitions for emesis
emesis
[ ĕm′ĭ-sĭs ]
n. pl. em•e•ses (-sēz′)
The act or process of vomiting.
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