emesis

1. 1.

   the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

   Synonymsvomitvomitingregurgitationdisgorgementpuking

   Broaderreflexexpulsion

   Narrowerruminationhematemesishyperemesis

Other forms of emesis

plural

emesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about emesis

What does emesis mean?

emesis means "the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth".

How many syllables are in emesis?

emesis has 3 syllables: e-me-sis. The stress falls on "e".

What is another word for emesis?

Close synonyms include vomit, vomiting, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking. 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 emesis a common word?

emesis 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.