vomitusn.
/ˈvɒmᵻtəs/, U.S. /ˈvɑmədəs/ = vomit n. 2a. Also figurative.
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1904 J. M. French Text-bk. Pract. Med. iii. 724 The presence of HCl, pepsin, and rennet is generally sufficient evidence that the vomitus has come from the stomach.
1948 Diagnostic Procedures for Virus & Rickettsial Diseases (Amer. Public Health Assoc.) 11 The material available for examination may be blood, sputum, vomitus, or pleural fluid obtained during illness, or tissues, etc., collected at autopsy.
1973 Nature 23 Mar. 265/1 Stools, urine and vomitus were collected for a total of 48 h.
1978 J. Updike Coup (1979) v. 211 Fighting down the vomitus of superstitious terror rising in my craw.
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