black vomit

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   caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

   Synonymsyellow jackyellow fever

   Broaderinfectious disease

Questions about black vomit

What does black vomit mean?

black vomit means "caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito".

What is another word for black vomit?

Close synonyms include yellow jack, yellow fever. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is black vomit a common word?

black vomit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.