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Black vomit   /blæk vˈɑmət/   Listen
noun
Black vomit  n.  (Med.) A copious vomiting of dark-colored matter; or the substance so discharged; one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever.


Vomit  n.  
1.
Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth. "Like vomit from his yawning entrails poured."
2.
(Med.) That which excites vomiting; an emetic. "He gives your Hollander a vomit."
Black vomit. (Med.) See in the Vocabulary.
Vomit nut, nux vomica.





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"Black vomit" Quotes from Famous Books



... inhabitants suffer from all the functional diseases found in other parts of the world, and, in addition, maladies which are typical of the region. Among the most important of these are the paludismus, or malarial swamp-fever, the yellow-fever, popularly recognised as the black vomit, and last but not least the beri-beri, the mysterious disease which science does not yet fully understand. The paludismus is so common that it is looked upon as an unavoidable incident of the daily life. It is generally caused by the infectious bite of a mosquito, the Anopheles, which ...
— In The Amazon Jungle - Adventures In Remote Parts Of The Upper Amazon River, Including A - Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians • Algot Lange


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