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caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

1.

a. : vomitus consisting of dark-colored matter (as broken-down blood) seen in yellow fever and cancer of the stomach — called also coffee-ground vomit

b. : a condition characterized by such vomitus; especially : yellow fever

2. : hematemesis

black vomit noun

Vomit containing blood, usu being a sign of some disease, eg yellow fever

Main Entry: ↑black

black vomit,

1. a) a dark matter, consisting mainly of altered blood, vomited in the last stage of some cases of yellow fever. b) the act of expelling this substance.

2. = yellow fever. (Cf. ↑yellow fever)

The dark matter vomited in the last stage of yellow fever; also, the fever itself. See vomit n. 2 b.