Ipecac vs. Vomit

Ipecacnoun

The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.

Ipecacnoun

(pharmaceutical drug) An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning.

Ipecacnoun

(plant) The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.

Ipecacnoun

An abbreviation of Ipecacuanha, and in more frequent use.

Ipecacnoun

a medicinal drug used to evoke vomiting (especially in cases of drug overdose or poisoning)

Vomitverb

(intransitive) To regurgitate or eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; puke.

Vomitverb

(transitive) To regurgitate and discharge (something swallowed); to spew.

Vomitverb

To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.

Vomitnoun

The regurgitated former contents of a stomach; vomitus.

Vomitnoun

The act of regurgitating.

Vomitnoun

(obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.

Vomitverb

To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.

Vomitverb

To throw up; to eject from the stomach through the mouth; to disgorge; to puke; to spew out; - often followed by up or out.

Vomitverb

Hence, to eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit; to throw forth; as, volcanoes vomit flame, stones, etc.

Vomitnoun

Matter that is vomited; esp., matter ejected from the stomach through the mouth.

Vomitnoun

That which excites vomiting; an emetic.

Vomitnoun

the matter ejected in vomiting

Vomitnoun

a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Vomitnoun

the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Vomitverb

eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;

Vomitverb

eject matter from the stomach through the mouth

Vomitverb

emit (something) in an uncontrolled stream or flow

Vomitnoun

matter vomited from the stomach

Vomitnoun

an emetic.