Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Forceful attempts at vomiting without bringing up the contents of the stomach; retching.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ineffectual attempts to vomit; retching.
- noun The vomiting of but little matter, or vomiting with little effort.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An ineffectual attempt to vomit.
- noun The vomiting of but little matter; also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine Repeated ineffectual attempts at
vomiting ;retching .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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When Termite discovers the words vomica, vomit, vomitive, vomitory, vomitorium, vomiturition, and vomitus in the dictionary, she comments that, Page 1,355 has got to be the best page of the dictionary ever.
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In paralysis of sensation, the reflexes of coughing, vomiturition and vomiting are obtunded.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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If the amount of scar tissue is small, the lumen maintains its mobility; opens and closes during respiration, cough, and vomiturition.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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