vomitus
Americannoun
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vomituses
plural
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the act of vomiting.
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vomited matter.
noun
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matter that has been vomited
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the act of vomiting
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of vomitus
1880–85; < Latin, equivalent to vomi-, variant stem of vomere to vomit + -tus suffix of v. action
Example Sentences
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"Bulimics will often leave evidence around--laxatives on the dresser, vomitus in the toilet bowl--as if they want to get caught," says Tamara Pryor, director of an eating-disorders clinic at the University of Kansas in Wichita.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hmmm,” mused Caro, observing the vomitus splashed across my boots.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
As I turned to go, I saw Capolarde holding a tray of Holy Oils in one hand, while with the other he emptied the basin containing black vomitus out the window.
From The Backwash of War The Human Wreckage of the Battlefield as Witnessed by an American Hospital Nurse by Ellen Newbold La Motte
Vomiting, in cases where the pylorus is involved, generally occurs several hours after eating, the vomitus being in an advanced state of fermentation.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Fairfax T. Proudfit
Now and then there was grass-green vomitus which, the last time, contained a few brownish granules and had a fecal odor.
From Appendicitis by John Henry Tilden
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