emesis

American

[em-uh-sis] / ˈɛm ə sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

vomitus.

emesis British

/ ˈɛmɪsɪs /

noun

the technical name for vomiting See vomit

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Other Word Forms

Derived 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

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