vomit
Noun
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The matter ejected in vomiting (synset 114880143)
is a type of: body waste, excrement, excreta, excretion, excretory product - waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting (synset 103288430)
is a type of: curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve painsubtypes:
- ipecac - a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)
- dry mustard, powdered mustard - a substance such that one to three tablespoons dissolved in a glass of warm water is a homemade emetic
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The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth (synset 100119553)
is a type of:
- ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
- inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
subtypes:- rumination - regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
- haematemesis, hematemesis - vomiting blood
- hyperemesis - severe and excessive vomiting
Verb
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Eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth (synset 200076153)
"After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"
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