vomica

English

Etymology

Latin , from vomere (“to throw up, vomit”).

Noun

vomica (plural vomicas or vomicae)

1. (medicine) An abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ.

See also

• nux vomica

Anagrams

• Viacom

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.mi.ka/, [ˈu̯ɔmɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.mi.ka/, [ˈvɔːmikä]

Noun

vomica f (genitive vomicae); first declension

1. abscess, boil, sore, ulcer

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vomica	vomicae
genitive	vomicae	vomicārum
dative	vomicae	vomicīs
accusative	vomicam	vomicās
ablative	vomicā	vomicīs
vocative	vomica	vomicae

Adjective

vomica

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of vomicus

Adjective

vomicā

1. ablative feminine singular of vomicus

References

• “vomica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vomica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vomica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.