hematemesis

English

Alternative forms

• haematemesis
• hæmatemesis

Etymology

hemat- +‎ emesis

Noun

hematemesis (countable and uncountable, plural hematemeses)

1. (American spelling, medicine) Blood within vomitus; the vomiting of blood.

Translations

vomiting with blood

• Bengali: রক্তবমন (bn) (roktobomon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘔血／呕血 (zh) (ǒuxuè)

• German: Bluterbrechen (de)
• Greek: αιματέμεση (el) (aimatémesi)
• Japanese: 吐血 (ja) (toketsu)
• Spanish: hematemesis f
• Swedish: blodkräkning
• Tagalog: pagsukandugo

Spanish

Etymology

From hemato- +‎ Ancient Greek ἔμεσις (émesis, “vomit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emateˈmesis/ [e.ma.t̪eˈme.sis]
• Rhymes: -esis
• Syllabification: he‧ma‧te‧me‧sis

Noun

hematemesis f (plural hematemesis)

1. (pathology) hematemesis

Further reading

• “hematemesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014