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vomiting

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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, especially elevated intracranial pressure.
- cyclic v. a syndrome of recurrent bouts of v. seen especially in preverbal children; many affected children later develop typical migraine headaches.
- dry v. SYN: retching.
- epidemic v. virus caused by Norwalk virus, a 27-nm RNA virus in the family Caliciviridae frequently occurring in a group of people ( e.g., in a school or small community) suddenly and without prodromal illness or malaise, is intense while it lasts, but ceases abruptly after 24–48 hours; symptoms are headache, abdominal pain, giddiness, and diarrhea in most of the cases, and extreme prostration in about 75%. SYN: epidemic nausea.
- fecal v. vomitus with appearance and/or odor of feces suggestive of long-standing distal small bowel or colonic obstruction. SYN: copremesis, stercoraceous v..
- morning v. v. occurring on rising or immediately after breakfast in some women during early pregnancy. SYN: morning sickness.
- pernicious v. uncontrollable v..
- v. of pregnancy v. occurring in the early months of pregnancy.
- projectile v. expulsion of the contents of the stomach with great force.
- psychogenic v. v. associated with emotional distress and anxiety.
- retention v. v. due to mechanical obstruction, usually hours after ingestion of a meal.
- stercoraceous v. SYN: fecal v..

Medical dictionary. 2011.

  
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