VOMER Vo"mer, n. Etym: [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.) (a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals. (b) The pygostyle.
VOMERINE
Vo"mer*ine, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the vomer.
VOMICA Vom"i*ca, n. Etym: [L., fr. vomere to throw up, vomit.] (Med.) (a) An abscess cavity in the lungs. (b) An abscess in any other parenchymatous organ.
VOMICINE
Vom"i*cine, n. Etym: [From nux vomica.] (Chem.)
Defn: See Brucine.
VOMIC NUT
Vom"ic nut`. Etym: [Cf. F. noix vomique.]
Defn: Same as Nux vomica.
VOMIT
Vom"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Vomited; p. pr. & vb. n. Vomiting.] Etym:
[Cf. L. vomere, vomitum, and v. freq. vomitare. See Vomit, n.]
Defn: To eject the contents of the stomach by the mouth; to puke; to spew.