Definition of haematemesis in English:
haematemesis
(US hematemesis)
noun ˌhiːməˈtɛmɪsɪsˌhēməˈteməsəs
mass nounMedicine The vomiting of blood.
〔医〕呕血,吐血
Example sentencesExamples
- In contrast, posterior bleeding may be asymptomatic or may present insidiously as nausea, hematemesis, anemia, hemoptysis, or melena.
- At external examination, blood smears on the body surface resulting from hematemesis or melena were present in 40 cases.
- Lower bowel inflammation typically causes nausea, loss of appetite and fever followed by abdominal pain, hematemesis and bloody diarrhea.
- We describe two patients with alcoholic liver disease and haematemesis whose bleeding was not controlled by endoscopic treatment.
- The patient represented ten months after the laryngectomy and neck dissection with a one day history of intermittent haemoptysis and haematemesis of fresh blood.
Origin
Early 19th century: from haemato- 'of blood' + Greek emesis 'vomiting'.