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vomiting
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun vomiting has 1 sense
- vomiting(n = noun.act) disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth; Array is a kind of ejection, expulsion, forcing out, projection, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex
has particulars: rumination, haematemesis, hematemesis, hyperemesis
Derived form verb vomit1
CIDE DICTIONARY
vomiting, n.
The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
vomiting
abscess, ague, airsickness, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, barf, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, car sickness, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, disgorgement, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, egesta, egestion, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, gagging, growth, heaves, heaving, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, mal de mer, marasmus, motion sickness, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, puke, qualm, qualmishness, queasiness, rash, regurgitation, rheum, sclerosis, seasickness, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, spew, squeamishness, tabes, tachycardia, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomit, vomition, wastingROGET THESAURUS
vomiting
Ejection
N ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, exportation, eviction, extrusion, trajection, discharge, emesis, vomiting, vomition, egestion, evacuation, ructation, eructation, bloodletting, venesection, phlebotomy, paracentesis, expuition, exspuition, tapping, drainage, clearance, clearage, deportation, banishment, rouge's march, relegation, extradition, dislodgment, bouncer, chucker-out, vomit, vomitus, puke, barf, emitting, emitted Int, begone!, get you gone!, get away, go away, get along, go along, get along with you, go along with you!, go your way!, away with!, off with you!, get the hell out of here!, go about your business!, be off!, avaunt!, aroynt!, allez-vous-en!, jao!, va-t'en!.
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