Definition for Vomiting:

• [ Latin] The act of expelling food from the stomach through the mouth; throwing up. V. is usually preceded by nausea which is associated with a flow of saliva, and by retching or abortive attempts at v. consisting of inspiratory efforts made with closed glottis. During this preliminary stage air and saliva enter the stomach. When actual v. begins there is a sudden expiratory movement which squeezes the stomach and gall-bladder. The cardiac orifice of the stomach is suddenly opened wide, and the contents of the stomach, and, if the gall-bladder is full, bile also( Bilious v.), are thrown into the oesophagus and by successive expiratory movements out of the mouth. In the excessive v. of intestinal obstruction feces are forced into the stomach and( esophagus( Stercoraceous v.). V. is due to direct irritation of the stomach or to reflex stimuli transmitted to a centre( V. centre) in the medulla. Reflex v. may be caused by irritation of the pharynx or the intestine, uterine irritation( V. of pregnancy), irritation of the brain( cerebral disease, psychical impressions), severe pain, etc. See also Emetic.

Synonyms for Vomiting:

• adj.

  •green around the gills (adjective)
  • sick ones stomach,
  • sick to ones stomach,
  • under weather,
  • sick one's stomach,
  • sick stomach,
  • sick to stomach,
  • sick one stomach,
  • sick to one stomach,
  • most vomiting,
  • more vomiting.

• n.

  •disgorgement (noun)
  • disgorgement.
  •emesis (noun)
  • emesis.
  •eruption (noun)
  • blow ups,
  • out bursts,
  • out burst,
  • out-breaks,
  • out break,
  • flareup,
  • dis charge,
  • ex plosions,
  • dis-charges,
  • out-break,
  • blow-ups,
  • out breaks,
  • dis charges,
  • out-burst,
  • ex-plosions,
  • ex plosion,
  • ventings,
  • ex-plosion,
  • dis-charge,
  • out-bursts.
  •puking (noun)
  • puking.
  •vomit (noun)
  • vomit.

• v.

  •rejecting (verb)
  • Disallowing,
  • draining,
  • shearing,
  • exhausting,
  • Sniping,
  • Chopping,
  • erupting,
  • belching,
  • seeping,
  • Blackballing,
  • Checking,
  • Excising,
  • Culling,
  • Denying,
  • Ejecting,
  • Curtailing,
  • barring,
  • Lopping,
  • deep-sixing,
  • Secreting,
  • Discharging,
  • Abandoning,
  • Jilting,
  • Excluding,
  • disapproving,
  • Evacuating,
  • Spewing,
  • junking,
  • Trashing,
  • Rejecting,
  • Disgorging,
  • Oppugning,
  • Ejaculating,
  • emitting,
  • Cropping,
  • blacklisting,
  • Disclaiming,
  • cutting,
  • shedding,
  • Eliminating,
  • Discarding,
  • venting,
  • exuding,
  • jettisoning,
  • excreting,
  • clipping.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • nauseated,
  • queasy,
  • sick as dog,
  • sick to one's stomach,
  • sick as a dog,
  • green around gills,
  • green around the gills.
  •n.
  • biliousness,
  • ejection,
  • eruption,
  • expulsion,
  • feeling,
  • forcing out,
  • gust,
  • inborn reflex,
  • innate reflex,
  • instinctive reflex,
  • motion sickness,
  • nausea,
  • physiological reaction,
  • projection,
  • queasiness,
  • reflex,
  • regurgitation,
  • squeamishness,
  • unconditioned reflex,
  • Retching,
  • flare up,
  • blow-up,
  • regurgitations,
  • hung down,
  • vomitings.

Paraphrases for Vomiting:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    vomit, emesis.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    puking.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    puking.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    sickening.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    puke.

Vomiting Sentence Examples:

• In the early months, for example, persistent nausea and vomiting may become the source of great annoyance, and later the pressure of the womb against neighboring structures may cause a variety of symptoms.

• While some of the food is got rid of by vomiting, some passes into the intestines, and there becomes putrid, as the horribly offensive evacuations prove.