projectile vomiting

projectile vomiting
pro·jec·tile vomiting prə-'jek-təl-, -.tīl- n vomiting that is sudden, usu. without nausea, and so vigorous that the vomit is forcefully projected to a distance

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vomiting in which the vomitus is ejected with force.

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