projectile vomitingn.
/prəˈdʒɛktʌɪl ˌvɒmᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /prəˈdʒɛktl ˈvɑmədɪŋ/, /prəˈdʒɛkˌtaɪl ˈvɑmədɪŋ/, /proʊˈdʒɛktl ˈvɑmədɪŋ/, /proʊˈdʒɛkˌtaɪl ˈvɑmədɪŋ/ The action of vomiting with great force.
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posseting1781
hyperemesis1811
tyremesis1842
projectile vomiting1850
tyrosis1853
hyperemesis gravidarum1873
1850 Homœpathic Rec. 2 218 Dr. Belcher has used Cuprum in hooping cough, when there was diarrhœa and projectile vomiting, stiffness, and exhaustion.
1862 C. J. Hempel tr. A. Lutze Man. Homœpathic Theory & Pract. 134 Some physicians have proposed Iatropha curcas for the following symptoms: projectile vomiting of quantities of a watery or albuminous substance [Ger. fürchterliches Erbrechen massenhaft herausstürzender, wässriger oder eiweissartiger Flüssigkeit], with spasmodic constriction of the region of the stomach.
1925 J. T. MacCurdy Psychol. Emotion ii. vii. 51 There is hiccoughing, shivering, sweating, projectile vomiting (without nausea or disgust), rapid heart action, flushing with high temperatures, or all the visceral changes consequent on muscular exertion.
1946 Iowa City Press Citizen 27 Sept. 13/1 The infant is hungry and takes his feeding eagerly: at first the food is gently returned, while later it is explosively rejected (projectile vomiting).
1984 Times 13 July 2/7 In November, 1981, her son Mathew, had developed alarming symptoms, including bright green bowl movements [sic], projectile vomiting and ‘floppy limbs’.
2001 New Yorker 4 June 57/3 Platinol, which can cure testicular cancer, caused intense nausea and projectile vomiting that could last for days.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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