| projectile vomiting | Expulsion of the contents of the stomach with great force. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| projectile | 1. A body projected, or impelled forward, by force; especially, a missile adapted to be shot from a firearm. 2. <mechanics> A part of mechanics which treats of the motion, range, time of flight, etc, of bodies thrown or driven through the air by an impelling force. Origin: Cf. F. Projectile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| vomiting | The act of repeated regurgitation of stomach contents. (27 Sep 1997) |
| vomiting, anticipatory | Vomiting caused by expectation of discomfort or unpleasantness. (12 Dec 1998) |
| vomiting gas | A gas, such as chloropicrin, that can cause vomiting and gastrointestinal disorders such as colic and diarrhoea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vomiting of pregnancy | Vomiting occurring in the early months of pregnancy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vomiting reflex | Vomiting (contraction of the abdominal muscles with relaxation of the cardiac sphincter of the stomach and of the muscles of the throat) elicited by a variety of stimuli, especially one applied to the region of the fauces. Synonym: pharyngeal reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| retention vomiting | <gastroenterology, physiology> Vomiting due to mechanical obstruction, usually hours after ingestion of a meal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cerebral vomiting | Vomiting due to intracranial disease, especially elevated intracranial pressure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pernicious vomiting | Uncontrollable vomiting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| morning vomiting | <obstetrics> Recurrent nausea and vomiting often seen in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy and more pronounced in the mornings. Synonym: hyperemesis gravidarum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| psychogenic vomiting | Vomiting associated with emotional distress and anxiety. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stercoraceous vomiting | Vomitus with appearance and/or odour of faeces suggestive of long standing and distal small bowel or colonic obstruction. Synonym: copremesis, stercoraceous vomiting. (05 Mar 2000) |
| dry vomiting | Gastric and oesophageal movements of vomiting without expulsion of vomitus. Synonym: dry vomiting, vomiturition. (05 Mar 2000) |
| epidemic vomiting | Virus caused by Norwalk virus, a 27 nm RNA virus in the family Caliciviridae frequently occurring in a group of people (e.g., in a school or small community) suddenly and without prodromal illness or malaise, is intense while it lasts, but ceases abruptly after a few hours or a day or so; symptoms are headache, abdominal pain, giddiness, and diarrhoea in most of the cases, and extreme prostration in about 75%. Synonym: epidemic nausea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Jamaican vomiting sickness | An acute and frequently fatal vomiting disease associated with central nervous system symptoms and marked hypoglycaemia, caused by eating unripe ackee fruit of Blighia spaida, a tree common in Jamaica. Synonym: Jamaican vomiting sickness. (05 Mar 2000) |