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.

Vom"it*ing, n. The spasmodic ejection of matter from the stomach

through the mouth.

Vo*mi"tion (?), n. [L. vomitio.] The act or power of vomiting. Grew.

Vom"i*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. vomitif.] Causing the ejection of matter

from the stomach; emetic.

||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.

||

Vom"i*to*ry (?), a. [L. vomitorious.] Causing vomiting; emetic;

vomitive.

Vom"i*to*ry, n.; pl. Vomitories (&?;). 1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.

2. [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.) A principal door of a large ancient

building, as of an amphitheater.

Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude.

Gibbon.

Vom`i*tu*ri"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. vomiturition.] (Med.) (a) An

ineffectual attempt to vomit. (b) The vomiting of but little matter;

also, that vomiting which is effected with little effort. Dunglison.

Vond*si"ra (?), n. (Zoöl.) Same as Vansire.

Voo"doo (?), n. 1. See Voodooism.

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