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Vomiting

Meaning in veterinary medicine, with examples

/ˈvɒmɪtɪŋ/nounCore term

In veterinary medicine, vomiting means: Forcefully bringing up the contents of the stomach through the mouth. The technical word is emesis.

In Turkish: kusma

How it is used

One of the most common reasons owners bring dogs and cats in. Owners say being sick or throwing up. Vets ask how often it happens, what it looks like and whether there is blood, and distinguish vomiting from regurgitation, which is passive.

Example sentences

  1. How many times has she been vomiting since yesterday?

  2. The vomiting stopped after the anti-sickness injection.

  3. He's been vomiting bile first thing in the morning.

Common collocations

  • acute vomiting
  • persistent vomiting
  • vomiting and diarrhoea
  • vomiting blood
  • induce vomiting
  • diarrhoeaLoose or liquid faeces passed more often than normal, a sign of a problem in the intestines. US spelling: diarrhea.
  • dehydrationA state in which the body has lost more water than it has taken in, often because of vomiting, diarrhoea, fever or not drinking.
  • parvovirusA tough, highly contagious virus that causes severe vomiting, bloody diarrhoea and dehydration, mainly in young unvaccinated dogs. A related parvovirus causes panleukopenia in cats.
  • anorexiaA complete loss of appetite, when an animal eats nothing at all. A reduced appetite is called inappetence or hyporexia.

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