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hematemesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables
he-mateme-sis
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From hemat- + emesis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hematemeses (plural) haematemesis (alternative, UK) hæmatemesis (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

haematemesis

Questions

What does hematemesis mean?
The vomiting of blood; blood within vomitus.
Where does hematemesis come from?
From hemat- + emesis.

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