hæmatemesis

A form of hematemesis — The vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.

Meanings

nounhæmatemesis (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of hematemesis.

    Albumen is often present, but hæmaturia from cardiac disease of any kind is decidedly rare, more so than hæmoptysis or hæmatemesis.

    1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye‐Smith, Text‐book of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, volume II, page 79
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