Definitions

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  • noun In pathology, excessive vomiting.

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  • noun pathology Severe and excessive vomiting.

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  • noun severe and excessive vomiting

Etymologies

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From hyper- + emesis

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Examples

  • Women who are pregnant with girls may indeed experience more nausea, for example: several large investigations have found that women afflicted with severe morning sickness, called hyperemesis gravidarum, in the first trimester are more likely to be carrying a female fetus.

    Origins Annie Murphy Paul 2010

  • My sister was suffering from a severely debilitating disease called hyperemesis in the last months of her pregnancy, where she was nauseous and vomiting 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

    CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2007 2007

  • MacGibbon, now a 43-year-old mother of two in Portland, Ore., still suffers pain and fatigue from that severe pregnancy sickness, also known as hyperemesis gravidarum, or HG.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

  • According to the study of 2.3 million births, mothers who suffer excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - known as hyperemesis gravidarum - are at a threefold higher rate of having the condition if their mums had it too, reports The BBC.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • Cheryl Harrison, 44, suffered from an extreme form of morning sickness, known as hyperemesis gravidarum, which put a massive strain on her heart and caused her to vomit up to

    National Nine News 2010

  • Around 2% of women suffer excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - known as hyperemesis

    WN.com - Articles related to Mum knows best? Pregnant women more likely to follow their mothers' wisdom than medical advice 2010

  • (PhysOrg. com) -- Researchers in Norway have discovered a form of severe morning sickness known as hyperemesis gravidarum may be passed on from mothers to their daughters.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • According to the study of 2.3 million births, mothers who suffer excessive nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - known as hyperemesis gravidarum - are at a threefold higher rate of having the condition if their mums had it too, reports The BBC.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • When prolonged or severe, this is known as hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), which can, in individual cases, be life threatening.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles J Jueckstock 2010

  • The Daily Mirror has reported that a 34-year-old UK woman has made an agonizing, and to many, an unthinkable decision of aborting her baby nine weeks into her pregnancy due to severe morning sickness, called hyperemesis gravidarum.

    Emaxhealth 2010

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