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VOMITING

\vˈɒmɪtɪŋ], \vˈɒmɪtɪŋ], \v_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\

Definitions of VOMITING

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The forcible expulsion of the contents of the stomach through the mouth.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

The ejection of matter through the esophagus and mouth from the stomach.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Act of ejecting the contents of the stomach; the act of throwing out substances with violence from a deep hollow, as a volcano, &c.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Forcible ejection of contents of stomach through the mouth.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The forcible ejection from the mouth of matter regurgitated from the stomach.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. Act of ejecting the contents of the stomach from the mouth;â€”act of throwing out or belching forth from a hollow place, as a volcano, &c.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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