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emesis

/em-uh-sis/US // ˈɛm ə sɪs //UK // (ˈɛmɪsɪs) //

呕吐,呕吐症,呕吐现象,呕吐物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pathology.

    • : vomitus.

Examples

  • This was how he had logged the hours, or kept track of his bouts of emesis.

  • It is a violent irritant of the mucous membranes and given internally it causes emesis, diarrhœa, tetanic convulsions and death.

  • Even when the nervous system is not directly the cause of the emesis, the remote irritant may work through the nervous system.

  • The dying woman, relieved by her first emesis, now lay inert, with closed eyes.

  • Large draughts of warm water will frequently produce sufficient emesis.

  • In the very mildest cases it seems to excite gastric distress and a tendency to emesis.