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hematemesis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

vomiting blood

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haematemesis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

History

Etymology

From hemat- + emesis.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: রক্তবমন (roktobomon) — vomiting with blood
  • Catalan: hematèmesi — vomiting with blood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嘔血 /呕血 (ǒuxuè) — vomiting with blood
  • French: hématémèse — vomiting with blood
  • German: Bluterbrechen — vomiting with blood
  • Greek: αιματέμεση (aimatémesi) — vomiting with blood
  • Japanese: 吐血 (toketsu) — vomiting with blood
  • Portuguese: hematêmese — vomiting with blood
  • Portuguese: hematémese — vomiting with blood
  • Spanish: hematemesis — vomiting with blood
  • Swedish: blodkräkning — vomiting with blood
  • Tagalog: pagsukandugo — vomiting with blood