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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
originFrom Ancient Greek ἔμεσις (émesis), from ἐμέω (eméō, “vomit”). Compare ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”, noun). Synchronically held to end in the suffix -esis.
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