projectile vomiting
Violent stomach expulsion
Projectile vomiting is vomiting with unusual force, in which stomach contents are expelled in a stream that travels some distance from the body.
It can indicate serious conditions like intestinal blockage, especially in infants: The baby's projectile vomiting sent us to the emergency room.
The term also describes any particularly violent bout of throwing up.
- heavingMoving up and down
- dry heavesVomiting motions without expulsion
- emesisStomach contents expelled orally
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- upset stomachGastrointestinal distress
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- vomitingpuke, barf, throw up, throwing up, hurl
- nursing problemslow milk supply, engorgement, mastitis, sore nipples, cracked nipples
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