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UK
/vˈɒmɪt/
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[ US /ˈvɑmət/ ]
[ US /ˈvɑmət/ ]
VERB
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eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
After drinking too much, the students vomited
He purged continuously
NOUN
- a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
- the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- the matter ejected in vomiting
How To Use vomit In A Sentence
- Inhaling sandalwood oil lessens stress and can stop vomiting.
- In some cases, the vomited milk may smell curdled because it has mixed with stomach acid.
- Position them on their sides to prevent them from choking on vomitus.
- The appropriate specimens to submit for testing include food (in the original container if it is available) or environmental specimens, stool, serum, gastric contents, or vomitus.
- In larger doses, black cohosh can cause dizziness, headaches, giddiness, nausea, and vomiting.
- He also tells a story about how Uncle John bought a shoat and ate until he vomited and then left the rest.
- Some people don't know how to behave - and that's not just the bogans vomiting in the garden.
- However, hospitalization is indicated for patients who are exhibiting signs of sepsis, who are vomiting and unable to stay hydrated, and who are having contractions.
- Fighting against her grip, I pull my hand out of the innards, and struggle against the urge to vomit.
- Severe vomiting, diarrhoea, rectal tenesmus: unable to keep standing, she urinates under herself; the pupils are dilated, the eyes haggard; complete mind-blindness, near-total failure of reflexes, deep unconsciousness, breathing dyspneic, heart-beat faint and very fast, pulse barely perceptible; dead in thirty-six hours. Charles Richet - Nobel Lecture