Meaning of EMESIS
| Pronunciation: | | 'emisis
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [n] the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | disgorgement, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting |
| |
| | See Also: | | ejection, expulsion, forcing out, haematemesis, hematemesis, hyperemesis, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, projection, reflex, rumination, unconditioned reflex | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Em"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See {Emetic}.] (Med.)
A vomiting.
|
| |
|
|