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Vomit vs Salicylism - What's the difference?

vomit | salicylism |

As nouns the difference between vomit and salicylism

is that vomit is vomit while salicylism is a toxic condition induced by excessive intake of salicylates, marked by ringing in the ears, nausea, and vomiting.

vomit

English

(wikipedia vomit)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To regurgitate the contents of a stomach; puke.
  • * Bible, Jonah ii. 10
    • The fish vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
  • To eject from any hollow place; to belch forth; to emit.
  • * '>citation
    • After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.
  • * Milton
    • Like the sons of Vulcan, vomit smoke.
  • * Charlotte Brontë
    • a column of smoke, such as might be vomited by a park of artillery

    Derived terms

    * vomitable

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (-)
  • The regurgitated former contents of a stomach.
  • The act of regurgitating.
  • (obsolete) That which causes vomiting; an emetic.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He gives your Hollander a vomit .

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    See also

    * emetic ----

    salicylism

    English

    (wikipedia salicylism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A toxic condition induced by excessive intake of salicylates, marked by ringing in the ears, nausea, and vomiting.