GC: n

S: NCBI – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3427567 (last access: 26 July 2015); Springer – http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF00271820#page-1 (last access: 26 July 2015).

N: 1. “action of vomiting,” 1875, medical Latin, from Greek emesis “a vomiting,” from emein “to vomit” (see emetic).
2. vomiting, also called emesis, the forcible ejection of stomach contents from the mouth. Like nausea, vomiting may have a wide range of causes, including motion sickness, the use of certain drugs, intestinal obstruction, disease or disorder of the inner ear, injury to the head, and appendicitis. It may even occur without nausea, such as after extreme physical exertion.
Vomiting is believed to be controlled by two distinct brain centres—the vomiting centre and the chemoreceptor trigger zone—both located in the medulla oblongata.
3. The forcible expulsion of the contents of the stomach through (the esophagus and) the mouth.
4. The term “vomiting” was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=emesis (last access: 26 July 2015). 2. EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/vomiting (last access: 26 July 2015). 3 & 4. TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 26 July 2015).

SYN: vomiting

S: EncBrit – http://global.britannica.com/science/vomiting (last access: 26 July 2015); TERMIUM PLUS (last access: 26 July 2015).

CR: creatinine, emetophobia.