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emesis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disgorgement, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting |
| Type of | unconditioned reflex, expulsion, forcing out, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, ejection, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, projection |
| Has types | haematemesis, hematemesis, hyperemesis, rumination |
Examples of emesis
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Patients who have uremia often have poor or absent appetite, emesis and nausea.
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The quarters are cramped, the ecru linen trousers get salty and emesis rules.
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Antiemetics act by inhibiting the receptor sites associated with emesis.
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Sodium chloride is used in veterinary medicine as emesis causing agent.
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Acute overdosage is often manifested by emesis, lethargy, ataxia, tachycardia and seizures.
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Emesis can also be caused by pharyngeal placement of small amount of plain salt or salt crystals.
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The air was putrid from the hot humidity combined with the stench of old and fresh blood, dried and fresh running green pus, emesis and filthy bodies.
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She started blood on one patient, plasma on another, injected morphine to ease pain, tried to clean the dirt, dried emesis, blood, urine and feces from bodies of traumatized patients.
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Activated charcoal has become the treatment of choice for many poisonings, and other decontamination methods such as ipecac-induced emesis or stomach pumping are now used rarely.
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- Vomit: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- (emetic) a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
- The act or process of vomiting or having vomited
- An emetic is used to induce vomiting.
- (emetic) A substance which produces nausea or vomiting.
- (EMETIC) A material used to cause vomiting to rid stomachs of poisonous compounds.
- (EMETIC) A medication intended to cause vomiting. Emetics are sometimes used in aversion therapy in place of electric shock. Their most common use in mainstream medicine is in treating accidental poisoning.
- (Emetic) A substance which causes the stomach to take a sudden and enthusiastic interest in outside affairs. Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Word Book(1906), subsequently titled The Devil's Dictionary
- (Emetic) Emetics are herbs that cause vomiting when taken in specific doses (generally high doses). Bloodroot, Helonias, Poke Root.
