vomitus

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noun

Vomit (the product of an emesis).

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Meanings

nounvomitus (plural vomita)

plural vomita

  1. medicineVomit (the product of an emesis).

    Every observant mother has learned the importance of noting the character of her baby's vomitus, the color of its stools, the evidence of inflation of its stomach, etc.

    1905, Monthly Bulletin, California State Board of Health, page 70
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    Or, in sorrow, he might have started drinking one night, become intoxicated, vomited, aspirated the vomitus into his lungs, and developed a lung abcess or aspiration pneumonia.

    1991, Eric J Cassell, The Nature of Suffering and the Goals of Medicine, Oxford University Press, page 112

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe matter ejected in vomiting

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wemh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wémh₁ti
  3. Proto-Italic*wemō
  4. Latinvomō
  5. Latinvomitus
  6. Englishvomitus

Borrowed from Latin vomitus.

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APA

vomitus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomitus

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“vomitus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomitus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vomitus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vomitus.

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