OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 38059

emesis

/ˈɛmɪsɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emesis
The act or process of vomiting.
A female, aged 57 years, was left affected with abdominal dropsy after an attack of fever. On the 3d of March, 1836, she took 6 drops of croton oil, and in the substances rejected…
Syrup of ipecac almost always forces an emesis.
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