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hematemesis

hematemesis noun: the vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.

Noun

hematemesis (countable and uncountable, plural hematemeses)

  1. (US) The vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.

hematemesis meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

hematemesis in Tamil

இரத்த வாந்தி

hematemesis in Bengali

vomiting with blood
রক্তবমন roktobomon

hematemesis in Tagalog

vomiting with blood
pagsukandugo

Forms of hematemesis

pluralhematemeses
alternative UKhaematemesis
alternative UKhæmatemesis

Origin of hematemesis

From hemat- + emesis.

Questions about hematemesis

What does hematemesis mean?
Hematemesis means the vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.
What is hematemesis in Tamil?
Hematemesis in Tamil is இரத்த வாந்தி. See Hematemesis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hematemesis?
Hematemesis is a noun.
What is the plural of hematemesis?
The plural of hematemesis is hematemeses.

Words near hematemesis in the dictionary

  1. hematachometer
  2. hematachometers
  3. hematein
  4. hemateins
  5. hematemeses
  6. hematemesis
  7. hematherm
  8. hematherms
  9. hematic
  10. hematics
  11. hematid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hematemesis (page history and authors); hematemesis (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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