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Black vomit

Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. Emetic, Vomito.]

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

    Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
    --Sandys.

  2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.

    He gives your Hollander a vomit.
    --Shak.

    Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.

    Vomit nut, nux vomica.

Black vomit

Black vomit \Black" vom"it\ (Med.) A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.

Wiktionary
black vomit

n. A blackish matter, resembling coffee grounds and due to hæmorrhage, vomited in severer cases of yellow fever; also, the disease of yellow fever itself.

WordNet
black vomit

n. caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito [syn: yellow jack, yellow fever]