Hæmatemesis (Gr. haima, 'blood,' and emesis, 'vomiting'), the ejection of blood from the stomach by vomiting. Its most common causes are gastric ulcer; congestion of the stomach or the neighbouring portions of the alimentary canal (see STOMACH, DISEASES OF); and certain conditions of the blood, as in yellow fever, purpura, and sometimes in typhus. See BLEEDING.
Hæmatemesis
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 498
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