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Emesis

Emesis \Em"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Emetic.] (Med.) A vomiting.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
emesis

"action of vomiting," 1875, medical Latin, from Greek emesis "a vomiting," from emein "to vomit" (see emetic).

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emesis

n. (context medicine English) The act or process of vomiting or having vomited.

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emesis

n. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking]

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Emesis (genus)

Emesis is a Neotropical genus of butterflies.

Species include:

  • Emesis adelpha Le Cerf, 1958
  • Emesis aerigera (Stichel, 1910)
  • Emesis angularis Hewitson, 1870
  • Emesis ares (Edwards, 1882)
  • Emesis arnacis Stichel, 1928
  • Emesis aurimna (Boisduval, 1870)
  • Emesis brimo Godman & Salvin, 1889
  • Emesis castigata Stichel, 1910
  • Emesis cerea (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Emesis condigna Stichel, 1925
  • Emesis cypria C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Emesis diogenia Prittwitz, 1865
  • Emesis elegia Stichel, 1929
  • Emesis emesia (Hewitson, 1867)
  • Emesis eurydice Godman, 1903
  • Emesis fatimella Westwood, 1851
  • Emesis fastidiosa Ménétriés, 1855
  • Emesis glaucescens Talbot, 1929
  • Emesis guttata (Stichel, 1910)
  • Emesis heterochroa Hopffer, 1874
  • Emesis heteroclita Stichel, 1929
  • Emesis lacrines Hewitson, 1870
  • Emesis liodes Godman & Salvin, [1886]
  • Emesis lucinda (Cramer, [1775])
  • Emesis lupina Godman & Salvin, [1886]
  • Emesis mandana (Cramer, [1780])
  • Emesis neemias Hewitson, 1872
  • Emesis ocypore (Geyer, 1837)
  • Emesis orichalceus Stichel, 1916
  • Emesis poeas Godman, [1901]
  • Emesis russula Stichel, 1910
  • Emesis sinuata Hewitson, 1877
  • Emesis spreta Bates, 1868
  • Emesis satema (Schaus, 1902)
  • Emesis saturata Godman & Salvin, [1886]
  • Emesis tegula Godman & Salvin, [1886]
  • Emesis temesa (Hewitson, 1870)
  • Emesis tenedia C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Emesis toltec Reakirt, 1866
  • Emesis vimena Schaus, 1928
  • Emesis vulpina Godman & Salvin, [1886]
  • Emesis xanthosa (Stichel, 1910)
  • Emesis zela Butler, 1870

Usage examples of "emesis".

For most of a decade she had labored there handing out emesis basins, holding tiny hands, and wiping away tears, too often her own.

When his stomach rolled uneasily and his scalp prickled, he was seized by panic, certain that he was going to suffer both violent nervous emesis and severe hives, breaking out and chucking up at the same time.