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Definition of Hematemesis

1. Noun. Vomiting blood.

Definition of Hematemesis

1. n. A vomiting of blood.

Definition of Hematemesis

1. Noun. (medicine) Blood within vomitus; the vomiting of blood. ¹

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Medical Definition of Hematemesis

1. The vomiting of blood. Origin: Gr. Emesis = vomiting This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hematemesis

Literary usage of Hematemesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of the Diseases of the Small Domestic Animals by Oscar Victor Brumley (1921)
"In small animals hematemesis is much more common than is usually recognized, ... In hematemesis there may be no anatomical lesions on the mucous membrane ..."

2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1905)
"The exact figures are as follows: hematemesis: " Cured " under medical treatment ... 41 Melena without hematemesis 1 Ulcer without hematemesis (cured) 20 ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Lewellys Franklin Barker, Milton Howard Fussell, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Volkmann's Samml. klin. Vortrage. No. 280. Welch (WH). System of medicine (Pepper}. Philadelphia, vol. ii, p. 480-629. 8. hematemesis— ..."

4. Diseases of the Stomach, Intestines, and Pancreas by Robert Coleman Kemp (1917)
"Erosions—postoperative hematemesis due to these; the French describe them after ... Achlorhydria haemorrhagica gastrica; hematemesis from the erosions has ..."

5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1850)
"[Dr. Neligan remarks that the greater danger of hematemesis and the greater difficulty of controlling it, as compared with ..."

6. Surgical After-treatment by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"hematemesis The vomiting of blood after operation, where no lesion in the gastro-intestinal tract ... hematemesis occurs practically only after celiotomy. ..."

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