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dysemesia

dysemesia noun: retching; painful vomiting.

Noun

dysemesia (countable and uncountable, plural dysemesias)

  1. Retching; painful vomiting.

Forms of dysemesia

pluraldysemesias

Origin of dysemesia

By surface analysis, dys- + emesis + -ia.

Questions about dysemesia

What does dysemesia mean?
Dysemesia means retching; painful vomiting.
What part of speech is dysemesia?
Dysemesia is a noun.
What is the plural of dysemesia?
The plural of dysemesia is dysemesias.

Words near dysemesia in the dictionary

  1. dysembryoma
  2. dysembryomas
  3. dysembryomata
  4. dysembryoplasia
  5. dysembryoplastic
  6. dysemesia
  7. dysemesias
  8. dysencephalia
  9. dysencephalia splanchnocystica
  10. dysendocrinism
  11. dysendocrinisms

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