Tom'iting

The ejection of matter through the esophagus and mouth from the stomach, cy'clic v., periodical v. dry v., retching, movements of vomiting without the ejection of matter from the stomach, fecal v., stercoraceous v. morning v., V. occurring on rising or immediately after breakfast in cases of chronic gastritis or in early pregnancy, period'ical v., Leyden's disease, an affection marked by the periodical recurrence, in otherwise apparently healthy persons, of paroxysms of vomiting lasting from one to ten days; the patient has no symptoms of gastric disturbance in the intervals, pernic'ious v., uncontrollable v. stercora'ceo us v., copremesis, the ejection of fecal matter, aspirated into the stomach from the intestine by the repeated spasmodic contractions of the gastric muscles. v. of preg'nancy, morning vomiting occurring in the early months of pregnancy.