black vomitn.

Brit.

/ˌblak ˈvɒmɪt/, U.S.

/ˌblæk ˈvɑmət/

Forms: see black adj. and n. and vomit n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., vomit n.

Etymology: < black adj. + vomit n. In sense 1 after post-classical Latin vomitus niger (1594 or earlier). In sense 2 after Spanish vómito prieto (1737 or earlier).

1. Vomit containing dark material; spec. blood altered by gastric fluid (= coffee-ground vomit n. at coffee n. Compounds 2). In early use also (as a count noun): †an episode of vomiting such material (obsolete); †a quantity of such vomit (obsolete).

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting > vomit > types of vomit

black vomit1615

projectile vomit1884

coffee-ground vomit1886

posset1886

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xi. iv. 833 By this braunch [sc. a small branch of the splenic branch of the portal vein] also come oftentimes blacke vomits.

1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours 157 This vitriolic Acidity being pretty naturally evacuated into the Stomach and Guts, it there mixes with the Choler, and produces black Vomits, and Stools black.

1746 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic (ed. 2) II. 194 Arsenic taken inwardly, creates a prickling, vellicating, irritating, burning Sensation..; then follow..Faintings, Coldness of the Extremeties; sometimes black Vomits.

1767 Family Guide Health 118 For the Black Vomit... In this Disease clotted Blood, of a blackish-red Colour..is thrown up by Vomit.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 295 A fever, with yellow skin and black vomit in some of the cases, appeared among a party of forty men.

1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 184 The vomited matters..begin to contain blood..and they soon assume..a coffee-ground character, constituting the so-called ‘black vomit’.

1912 V. E. Collins & J. A. Liebmann tr. G. Dieulafoy Text-bk. Med. (ed. 2) I. 680 The black vomit may amount to ½ pint of blood, the attacks may be repeated, and the patient may die from hæmorrhage.

1970 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 36 574 Creole children were dying daily of fever which exhibited yellowness, black vomit, and other obvious symptoms.

2003 M. A. Hollinger Introd. Pharmacol. (ed. 2) xv. 333 Black vomit occurs in yellow fever victims by virtue of bleeding in their stomachs, and is subsequently expelled.

2. The disease yellow fever, in which the vomiting of blood is often a prominent symptom. Now historical.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > yellow fever

yellow fever1738

black vomit1740

St. Domingo fever1822

yellow typhus1822

yellow Jack1832

vomito1833

Panama fever1849

1740 Lord Elibank Jrnl. in Mariner's Mirror (1940) 26 263 They call the distemper [in Cartagena] a Bilious Fever; it kills in 5 days; if the Patient lives longer 'tis only to Dye in greater Agonies of what they then call the Black Vomit.

1746 R. James Mod. Pract. Physic II. 14 Hence the nature of the black vomit; a disease very frequent in the West-Indies, may be understood.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 146/2 The Yellow Fever..is the same with that called, from one of its worst symptoms, the black vomit.

1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 265 A black-vomit epidemic.

1883 Cent. Mag. July 427/1 Hands sent aboard..left on the next day, believing they had detected ‘black vomit’ in her hospital.

2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) vi. 215 Yellow fever (black vomit, yellow jack) and malaria (ague) were problems in tropical ports.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	black vomit
释义	black vomitn. Brit. /ˌblak ˈvɒmɪt/, U.S. /ˌblæk ˈvɑmət/ Forms: see black adj. and n. and vomit n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: black adj., vomit n. Etymology: < black adj. + vomit n. In sense 1 after post-classical Latin vomitus niger (1594 or earlier). In sense 2 after Spanish vómito prieto (1737 or earlier). 1. Vomit containing dark material; spec. blood altered by gastric fluid (= coffee-ground vomit n. at coffee n. Compounds 2). In early use also (as a count noun): †an episode of vomiting such material (obsolete); †a quantity of such vomit (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting > vomit > types of vomit black vomit1615 projectile vomit1884 coffee-ground vomit1886 posset1886 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια xi. iv. 833 By this braunch [sc. a small branch of the splenic branch of the portal vein] also come oftentimes blacke vomits. 1696 J. Floyer Preternatural State Animal Humours 157 This vitriolic Acidity being pretty naturally evacuated into the Stomach and Guts, it there mixes with the Choler, and produces black Vomits, and Stools black. 1746 R. Brookes Gen. Pract. Physic (ed. 2) II. 194 Arsenic taken inwardly, creates a prickling, vellicating, irritating, burning Sensation..; then follow..Faintings, Coldness of the Extremeties; sometimes black Vomits. 1767 Family Guide Health 118 For the Black Vomit... In this Disease clotted Blood, of a blackish-red Colour..is thrown up by Vomit. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 295 A fever, with yellow skin and black vomit in some of the cases, appeared among a party of forty men. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. i. 184 The vomited matters..begin to contain blood..and they soon assume..a coffee-ground character, constituting the so-called ‘black vomit’. 1912 V. E. Collins & J. A. Liebmann tr. G. Dieulafoy Text-bk. Med. (ed. 2) I. 680 The black vomit may amount to ½ pint of blood, the attacks may be repeated, and the patient may die from hæmorrhage. 1970 Jrnl. Southern Hist. 36 574 Creole children were dying daily of fever which exhibited yellowness, black vomit, and other obvious symptoms. 2003 M. A. Hollinger Introd. Pharmacol. (ed. 2) xv. 333 Black vomit occurs in yellow fever victims by virtue of bleeding in their stomachs, and is subsequently expelled. 2. The disease yellow fever, in which the vomiting of blood is often a prominent symptom. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > yellow fever yellow fever1738 black vomit1740 St. Domingo fever1822 yellow typhus1822 yellow Jack1832 vomito1833 Panama fever1849 1740 Lord Elibank Jrnl. in Mariner's Mirror (1940) 26 263 They call the distemper [in Cartagena] a Bilious Fever; it kills in 5 days; if the Patient lives longer 'tis only to Dye in greater Agonies of what they then call the Black Vomit. 1746 R. James Mod. Pract. Physic II. 14 Hence the nature of the black vomit; a disease very frequent in the West-Indies, may be understood. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 146/2 The Yellow Fever..is the same with that called, from one of its worst symptoms, the black vomit. 1833 J. Forbes et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. II. 265 A black-vomit epidemic. 1883 Cent. Mag. July 427/1 Hands sent aboard..left on the next day, believing they had detected ‘black vomit’ in her hospital. 2002 D. Lundy Way of Ship (2003) vi. 215 Yellow fever (black vomit, yellow jack) and malaria (ague) were problems in tropical ports. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1615
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