资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Vomit \Vom"it\, n. [L. vomitus, from vomere, vomitum, to vomit;
akin to Gr. ?, Skr. vam, Lith. vemiti. Cf. {Emetic},
{Vomito}.]
1. Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the
stomach through the mouth.
Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured.
--Sandys.
2. (Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic.
He gives your Hollander a vomit. --Shak.
{Black vomit}. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
{Vomit nut}, nux vomica.
Black vomit \Black" vom"it\ (Med.)
A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance
so discharged; -- one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow
fever.
资料来源 : WordNet®
black vomit
n : caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito [syn: {yellow
jack}, {yellow fever}]