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
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
Woman with a migraine holding a towel over her eyes and a crumpled blue emesis bag in her right hand, for when she vomits.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2019
“Give a woman a quiet room to herself without an emesis basin.”
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2019
It is located next to the fourth ventricle and is not restricted by the blood–brain barrier, which allows it to respond to chemicals in the bloodstream—namely, toxins that will stimulate emesis.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Another counted it "an allusion to the emesis of Jonah by the whale."
From Study of the King James Bible by Cleland Boyd McAfee
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