haematemesis meaning

Noun: haematemesis
Usage: Brit, Cdn (=hematemesis)

1. Vomiting blood
   - hematemesis [N. Amer]

Type of: disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting

Encyclopedia: Haematemesis

Examples

1. Other features include lethargy, anorexia, weakness, weight loss, dyspnoea, petechiae and haematemesis.
2. He died in Dunedin Hospital on 7 April 1916 as a result of Gastritis and Haematemesis ( the vomiting of blood due to prolonged erosion of the stomach lining ) and was subsequently buried in Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin among other returned servicemen.