emesis
Syllables: em·e·sis/ˈɛmɪsɪs/
emesis noun: the act or process of vomiting.
Noun
emesis (countable and uncountable, plural emeses)
- The act or process of vomiting.
- Syrup of ipecac almost always forces an emesis.
- A female, aged 57 years, was left affected with abdominal dropsy after an attack of fever. On the 3d of March, 1836, she took 6 drops of croton oil, and in the substances rejected by emeses, four living caterpillars were perceived at first, and subsequently ten others.1837 May, “Living Caterpillars in the Human Intestines”, in Southern Medical and Surgical Journal, volume I, number 12, page 747
emesis meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
emesis in Tamil
- வாந்தி, குமட்டல், சத்தி, சர்தி
emesis in Indonesian
- act of vomiting
- emesis, pemuntahan
Forms of emesis
| plural | emeses |
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Origin of emesis
From Ancient Greek ἔμεσις (émesis), from ἐμέω (eméō, “vomit”). Compare ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”, noun). By surface analysis, suffixed with -esis.
Words formed from emesis
Questions about emesis
- What does emesis mean?
- Emesis means the act or process of vomiting.
- What is emesis in Tamil?
- Emesis in Tamil is வாந்தி, குமட்டல், சத்தி. See Emesis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is emesis?
- Emesis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce emesis?
- Emesis is pronounced /ˈɛmɪsɪs/.
- What is the plural of emesis?
- The plural of emesis is emeses.
Words near emesis in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: emesis (page history and authors); emesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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