emesis
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- hyperemesis noun
Etymology
Origin of emesis
1870–75; < New Latin < Greek émesis a vomiting, equivalent to eme- (stem of emeîn to vomit) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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Once, before I learned to bring emesis bags everywhere, I had to stop my car on the side of the road and fling open the door to vomit onto the street.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2024
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
It has also the bad property of exciting emesis, by which it is rejected from the stomach.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
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