Crossword clues for hematemesis
hematemesis
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hematemesis \Hem`a*tem"e*sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"i^ma, a"i`matos, blood + ? a vomiting, fr. ? to vomit.] (Med.) A vomiting of blood.
Wiktionary
n. (context American spelling medicine English) Blood within vomitus; the vomiting of blood.
WordNet
n. vomiting blood [syn: haematemesis]
Wikipedia
Hematemesis or haematemesis is the vomiting of blood. The source is generally the upper gastrointestinal tract, typically above the suspensory muscle of duodenum. Patients can easily confuse it with hemoptysis (coughing up blood), although the latter is more common. Hematemesis "is always an important sign".
Usage examples of "hematemesis".
On a separate sheet in her notebook, she listed every bit of information that could possibly have significance, including the fact that the man had presented with an episode of hematemesis, vomiting blood.
Blaxland relates the instance of a woman of forty-five who swallowed a fish bone, was seized with violent hematemesis, and died in eight hours.
In this connection may be mentioned the case reported by Hanford of a man of twenty-three who had an attack of hematemesis and melanema two years before death.