vomiting of pregnancy

vomiting of pregnancy
morning sickness.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Vomiting in pregnancy, excess — Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum affects about one in every… …   Medical dictionary

  • Vomiting of pregnancy, pernicious — Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum affects about one in every… …   Medical dictionary

  • Pernicious vomiting of pregnancy — Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum affects about one in every… …   Medical dictionary

  • Pregnancy, hyperemesis of — Excessive vomiting during pregnancy which, by definition, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Also called hyperemesis gravidarum, the disorder affects one in every 300 pregnant women. It is more common in young women …   Medical dictionary

  • Pregnancy, pernicious vomiting of — Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition, hyperemesis gravidarum, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight of the woman. Hyperemesis gravidarum affects about one in every… …   Medical dictionary

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  • vomiting — The ejection of matter from the stomach in retrograde fashion through the esophagus and mouth. SYN: emesis (1), vomition, vomitus (1). cerebral v. v. due to intracranial disease …   Medical dictionary

  • Pregnancy — For pregnancy in non human animals, see Pregnancy (mammals). Pregnancy Classification and external resources A pregnant woman at the end of the second trimester. ICD 10 …   Wikipedia

  • Pregnancy, acute fatty liver — Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) typically occurs in first time pregnancies in the last trimester. AFLP causes nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain especially in the upper abdomen… …   Medical dictionary

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