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vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
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vomiting,
emesis,
regurgitation,
disgorgement,
puking |
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inborn reflex,
innate reflex,
instinctive reflex,
physiological reaction,
reflex,
reflex action,
reflex response,
unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus
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ejection,
expulsion,
forcing out,
projection the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
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rumination regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
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haematemesis,
hematemesis vomiting blood
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hyperemesis severe and excessive vomiting
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vomit - the matter ejected in vomiting |
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vomitus,
puke,
barf |
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body waste,
excrement,
excreta,
excretion,
excretory product waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
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vomit - eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night" |
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purge,
cast,
sick,
cat,
disgorge,
regorge,
retch,
puke,
barf,
spew,
spue,
chuck,
upchuck,
honk,
regurgitate |
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keep down manage not to throw up
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egest,
eliminate,
excrete,
pass kill in large numbers; "the plague wiped out an entire population"
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