| 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) |
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| faecal 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) |