vomit

(vom’it) [L. vomit a’re]. 1. To cast up from the stomach by the mouth. 2. Matter cast up from the stomach; vomited matter. 3. An emetic. Barcoo v., vomiting and nausea, with bulimia, affecting persons in southern Australia. Dbilfous v., vomited matter stained with bile. black v., blackish matter consisting of blood which has been acted upon by the gastric juice, cast.up from the stomach in yellow fever and other conditions in which blood collects in the stomach. coffee-ground v., the bloody vomit of malignant discase of the stomach. It consists of broken down blood mixed with stomach-contents.