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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vomiting \Vom"it*ing\, noun The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vomit \Vom"it\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Vomited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vomiting}.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See {Vomit}, noun] To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vomiting
noun: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: {vomit}, {emesis}, {regurgitation}, {disgorgement}, {puking}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
93 Moby Thesaurus words for "vomiting": abscess, ague, airsickness, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, barf, bleeding, blennorhea, cachexia, cachexy, car sickness, chill, chills, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, disgorgement, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, egesta, egestion, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, gagging, growth, heaves, heaving, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, labored breathing, low blood pressure, lumbago, mal de mer, marasmus, motion sickness, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, puke, qualm, qualmishness, queasiness, rash, regurgitation, rheum, sclerosis, seasickness, seizure, shock, skin eruption, sneezing, sore, spasm, spew, squeamishness, tabes, tachycardia, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, vomit, vomition, wasting
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