Emesis
[em-uh-sis] /ˈɛm ə sɪs/
noun, Pathology.
1.
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/ˈɛmɪsɪs/
noun
1.
the technical name for vomiting See vomit
n.
“action of vomiting,” 1875, medical Latin, from Greek emesis, from emein “to vomit” (see emetic).
emesis em·e·sis (ěm’ĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. em·e·ses (-sēz’)
The act or process of vomiting.
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