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black vomit

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vomit /vom·it/ (vom´it)
1. to eject stomach contents through the mouth.
2. matter expelled from the stomach by the mouth.
black vomit  vomit consisting of blood which has been acted upon by the gastric juice, seen in yellow fever and other conditions in which blood collects in the stomach.
coffee-ground vomit  vomit consisting of dark altered blood mixed with stomach contents.
black vomit
n.
1. Dark vomit consisting of digested blood and gastric contents.
2. Severe yellow fever marked by regurgitation of dark vomited matter.
black vomit
see hematemesis.


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