vomitus
Americannoun
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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
Cloths or cotton used to wipe the eyes or to receive any other bodily discharge including vomitus, should be collected in the same way and burned.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
In artificially fed infants the symptoms are much the same, except that the vomitus often contains large curds which are tough and leathery.
From Dietetics for Nurses by Proudfit, Fairfax T.
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 La Motte, Ellen Newbold
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