See emesis on Wiktionary
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"es:Medicine"
],
"glosses": [
"emesis, vomit"
],
"links": [
[
"medicine",
"medicine"
],
[
"emesis",
"emesis#English"
],
[
"vomit",
"vomit"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(medicine) emesis, vomit"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "vómito"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/eˈmesis/"
},
{
"ipa": "[eˈme.sis]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-esis"
}
],
"word": "emesis"
}
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