emesis
pronunciation
How to pronounce emesis in British English:
UK ['eməsɪs]
How to pronounce emesis in American English:
US ['eməsɪs]
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- Noun:
- the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Word Origin
- emesis (n.)
- "action of vomiting," 1875, medical Latin, from Greek emesis "a vomiting," from emein "to vomit" (see emetic).
Example
- 1. Short pulse gastric electrical stimulation for cisplatin-induced emesis in dogs .
- 2. Clinical observation of three groups of antiemetic to prevent emesis from chemotherapy .
- 3. Performing an oral glucose tolerance test in a pregnant woman with severe emesis .
- 4. Assessing the willingness of parents to pay for reducing postoperative emesis in children .
- 5. A multinational study to measure the value that patients with cancer place on improved emesis control following cisplatin chemotherapy .