hæmatemesis

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See also: haematemesis

English

Noun

hæmatemesis (uncountable)

  1. Obsolete form of hematemesis.
    • 1891, Charles Hilton Fagge, Philip Henry Pye‐Smith, Text‐book of the Principles and Practice of Medicine, volume II, page 79:
      Albumen is often present, but hæmaturia from cardiac disease of any kind is decidedly rare, more so than hæmoptysis or hæmatemesis.