Vomit vs. Emesis

Vomitverb

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Emesisnoun

(pathology) The act or process of vomiting.

‘Syrup of ipecac almost always forces an emesis.’;

Vomitverb

(transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

Emesisnoun

A vomiting.

Vomitverb

To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

Emesisnoun

the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Vomitnoun

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

Vomitnoun

The act of regurgitating.

Vomitnoun

(obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

Vomitverb

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

Vomitverb

To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; - often followed by up or out.

‘The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.’;

Vomitverb

Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.

‘Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.’;

Vomitnoun

Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

‘Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.’;

Vomitnoun

That which excites vomiting; an emetic.

‘He gives your Hollander a vomit.’;

Vomitnoun

the matter ejected in vomiting

Vomitnoun

a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Vomitnoun

the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Vomitverb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

‘After drinking too much, the students vomited’; ‘He purged continuously’; ‘The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night’;

Vomitverb

eject matter from the stomach through the mouth

‘she used to vomit up her food’; ‘the sickly stench made him want to vomit’;

Vomitverb

emit (something) in an uncontrolled stream or flow

‘the machine vomited fold after fold of paper’;

Vomitnoun

matter vomited from the stomach

‘the cell stank of vomit and urine’;

Vomitnoun

an emetic.