VOMITING

n. Vo2m'i2t-i2n2. Gr., e^ecris, e^eros. Lat, vomitus, vomitio. Fr., vomi ement. Ger., Erbrechen, Vomiren, Brechact. The ejection from the mouth of matter regurgitated from the stomach. [D.] Dry v. A popular term for persistent nausea with retching and straining, but with little or no actual ejection of more than gas from the stomach. Faecal v. See Stercoraceous v. Gastric v. V. caused by some disturbance of the stomach, [a, 34.] Hysterical v. V. which sometimes accompanies an attack of hysteria; said to be sometimes a complement of hysterical suppre ion of urine. [D, 35.] Pernicious v. of pregnancy. See VOMITUS gravid arum perniciosus. Pregnancy-v. See V. of pregnancy. Spasmodic v. V. in which the ejection occurs spasmodically, [a. 34.] Stercoraceous v. Lat., copremesis, vomitus feculent us. Fr., vomi ement fecalo'ide. The v. of faecal matter or what appears to be such. It is usually of a dark-yellow color, sometimes brownish, and often mixed with greenish particles, the remains of food, mucus, and bile. Rarely it is due to a flstulous opening between the stomach and the colon; most frequently to a mechanical obstruction to the pa age of faeces. [D, 25.] Sympathetic v. 1. V. caused by derangement of the sympathetic nervous system, [a, 34.] 2. The v. with which a husband is sometimes affected in consequence of his wife's pregnancy. Uncontrollable v. Fr., vomi ement incoercible. Ger., nicht zu stillendes Erbrechen. V. that proves rebellious to treatment, as in some cases of the v. of pregnancy. V. of pregnancy. Lat., vomitus (seu nausea) gravid arum. Fr., vomi ement (ou nausees) desfvmmes enceintes. V. occurring during pregnancy and due to disturbances of the sympathetic nervous system, fa, 34.] [s. 722]