Vomer
(||Vo"mer) n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the
ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other
mammals. (b) The pygostyle.
Vomerine
(Vo"mer*ine) a. Of or pertaining to the vomer.
Vomica
(||Vom"i*ca) n. [L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit.] (Med.) (a) An abscess cavity in the lungs.
(b) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
Vomicine
(Vom"i*cine) n. [From nux vomica.] (Chem.) See Brucine.
Vomic nut
(Vom"ic nut`) [Cf. F. noix vomique.] Same as Nux vomica.
Vomit
(Vom"it) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] [Cf. L. vomere, vomitum,
and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.] To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to
spew.
Vomit
(Vom"it), v. t.
1. To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; — often
followed by up or out.
The fish . . . vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Jonah ii. 10. 2. Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame,
stones, etc.
Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
Milton. 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.
Vomiting
(Vom"it*ing), n. The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach through the mouth.
Vomition
(Vo*mi"tion) n. [L. vomitio.] The act or power of vomiting. Grew.
Vomitive
(Vom"i*tive) a. [Cf. F. vomitif.] Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.
Vomito
(||Vo*mi"to) n. [Sp. vómito, fr. L. vomitus. See Vomit, n.] (Med.) The yellow fever in its worst
form, when it is usually attended with black vomit. See Black vomit.
Vomitory
(Vom"i*to*ry) a. [L. vomitorious.] Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
Vomitory
(Vom"i*to*ry), n.; pl. Vomitories
1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.
