Retching
111nausea — [n] sickness in stomach; revulsion abhorrence, aversion, biliousness, disgust, hatred, loathing, offense, qualm, qualms, queasiness, regurgitation, rejection, repugnance, retching, squeamishness, vomiting; concepts 316,410 …
112vomiturition — n. retching; unsuccessful attempt to vomit; easy vomiting …
113call hughie — AND call earl [...”hyui AND ...”a> l] tv. to vomit. (Onomatopoetic from the sound of retching.) □ Fred spent an hour in the john calling hughie. □ Yuck! I have to go call earl …
114retch — The action of the stomach and esophagus to try to vomit (eject some or all of the contents of the stomach). Retching that does not cause vomiting is called dry heaves …
115retch — ► VERB ▪ make the sound and movement of vomiting. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of retching. ORIGIN from a Germanic word meaning «spittle» …
116gag — [15] Middle English gaggen meant ‘strangle, suffocate’, so the word started out with strong connotations that seem to have become submerged in local dialects as it came to be used more commonly in the milder sense ‘obstruct someone’s mouth’. In… …
117vomiturition — [väm΄i tyo͞o rish′ən] n. 1. repeated but unsuccessful attempts to vomit; retching 2. vomiting that brings up but little matter …
118gag reflex — noun normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth • Syn: ↑pharyngeal reflex • Hypernyms: ↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex …
119pharyngeal reflex — noun normal reflex consisting of retching; may be produced by touching the soft palate in the back of the mouth • Syn: ↑gag reflex • Hypernyms: ↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑innate reflex, ↑ …
120vomiturition — ˌväməchəˈrishən noun ( s) Etymology: vomit (II) + urition (as in micturition) : repeated ineffectual attempts at vomiting : retching …
