vomica

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

vomica (plural vomicas or vomicae)

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

• nux vomica

• Viacom

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwɔ.mɪ.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvɔː.mi.ka]

vomica f (genitive vomicae); first declension

1. abscess, boil, sore, ulcer

First-declension noun.

vomica

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of vomicus

vomicā

1. ablative feminine singular of vomicus

• “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.