Definition of Black vomit

1. Noun. Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito.

Exact synonyms: Yellow Fever, Yellow Jack
Generic synonyms: Infectious Disease

Definition of Black vomit

1. Noun. A blackish matter, resembling coffee grounds and due to hæmorrhage, vomited in severer cases of yellow fever; also, the disease of yellow fever itself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Black vomit

1. A copious vomiting of dark-coloured matter; or the substance so discharged; one of the most fatal symptoms in yellow fever. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Vomit

black swans
black tarantula
black tea
black tern
black tie
black tinamou
black tinamous
black tongue
black tree fern
black triangle
black truffle
black turnstone
black up
black urine
black vomit (current term)
black vulture
black vultures
black walnut
black walnut tree
black wattle
black weevil
black whale
black widow
black widow spider
black widow spider venom
black widows
black willow
black woodpecker

Literary usage of Black vomit

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"In external appearance, the matter of the black vomit differs greatly from dark-coloured ... Even when the black vomit is of a thick and tarry appearance, ..."

2. The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions: To which is by James Johnson (1827)
"At a time when the stomach has been distended with black vomit, ... The matter of black vomit, compared with bile, differs materially from it in all its ..."

3. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1891)
"Two specimens of black vomit which I obtained from malarial cases presented ... A spectroscopic analysis of the black vomit of all five cases of undoubted ..."

4. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"These are coincident with the scanty urine ari'i black vomit, and sometimes contain so much of the constituents of blood as to re- ..."

5. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"Taken ill yesterday when mangling clothes : skin of a scarlet colour ; great distress ; tongue loaded; black vomit ; pulse 90, feeble. 5ih. ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"In external appearance, the matter of the black vomit differs greatly from dark-coloured ... Even when the black vomit is of a thick and tarry appearance, ..."

7. The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions: To which is by James Johnson (1827)
"At a time when the stomach has been distended with black vomit, ... The matter of black vomit, compared with bile, differs materially from it in all its ..."

8. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1891)
"Two specimens of black vomit which I obtained from malarial cases presented ... A spectroscopic analysis of the black vomit of all five cases of undoubted ..."

9. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"These are coincident with the scanty urine ari'i black vomit, and sometimes contain so much of the constituents of blood as to re- ..."

10. The London Medical Gazette (1849)
"Taken ill yesterday when mangling clothes : skin of a scarlet colour ; great distress ; tongue loaded; black vomit ; pulse 90, feeble. 5ih. ..."

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