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emesis
[ em-uh-sis ]
emesis
/ ˈɛmɪsɪs /
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- hyper·eme·sis noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emesis1
C19: via New Latin from Greek, from emein to vomit
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Example Sentences
This was how he had logged the hours, or kept track of his bouts of emesis.
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It is a violent irritant of the mucous membranes and given internally it causes emesis, diarrhœa, tetanic convulsions and death.
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Even when the nervous system is not directly the cause of the emesis, the remote irritant may work through the nervous system.
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The dying woman, relieved by her first emesis, now lay inert, with closed eyes.
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Large draughts of warm water will frequently produce sufficient emesis.
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In the very mildest cases it seems to excite gastric distress and a tendency to emesis.
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