Retching
81mycetismus nervosus — mushroom poisoning caused by ingestion of Amanita pantherina or A. muscaria, which elaborate muscarine. It is marked by such symptoms as tearing, sweating, salivation, persistent peristalsis, retching and vomiting, contraction of the pupil and… …
82Borchardt triad — three symptoms that indicate gastric volvulus: upper abdominal pain, retching, and blockage against placement of a nasogastric tube …
83glurge — (GLURJ) n. A sentimental or uplifting story, particularly one delivered via e mail, that uses inaccurate or fabricated facts; a story that is mawkish or maudlin; the genre consisting of such stories. Example Citations: Two tales now making the… …
84gag — [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… …
85Curse of Balboa — Panamanianstyle dysentery marked by acute nausea and retching …
86cry Hughie — vb to vomit. All these humorous equiva lents attempt to imitate the sound of hearty or sudden retching. They have been popular, particularly with stu dents, all over the English speaking world since the 1960s …
87cry Ralph — vb to vomit. All these humorous equiva lents attempt to imitate the sound of hearty or sudden retching. They have been popular, particularly with stu dents, all over the English speaking world since the 1960s …
88cry Ruth/Hughie/Ralph — vb to vomit. All these humorous equiva lents attempt to imitate the sound of hearty or sudden retching. They have been popular, particularly with stu dents, all over the English speaking world since the 1960s …
89gagging — adj British desperate (for relief, typically in the form of sex or alcohol). Like its synonym chok ing, gagging (literally, retching) became a popular vulgarism in all social circles dur ing the 1990s. The phrase gagging for it refers… …
90heaves (the heaves) — n an attack of retching or vomiting. A lit eral description of these spasms, although the expression is, by its con text, considered slang …
