vomiting
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vomit/ˈvɒmɪt/
▶verb (vomits, vomiting, vomited) eject matter from the stomach through the mouth.
■ emit in an uncontrolled stream or flow.
▶noun- 1 matter vomited from the stomach.
- 2 archaic an emetic.
– derivatives
vomiter noun.
vomiter noun.
– origin ME: from OFr. vomite (n.) or L. vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’.
'vomiting' also found in these Oxford entries:
anti-emetic
- bilious
- boke
- bulimia
- cholera
- cryptosporidiosis
- emesis
- emetic
- ergotism
- food poisoning
- gastro-enteritis
- nux vomica
- retch
- sick
- sickness
- vomit
- vomitory
