Tuesday, May 5, 2009

What is the name of the medical condition wherein one vomits one's own feces?

You know, one of those fancy latin or greek derivations. I've been looking online for it but can't get a search engine to take me to a page where they use anything that even might be it.

What is the name of the medical condition wherein one vomits one's own feces?
stercoraceous vomiting: Vomiting of feces.


This happens to really sick people. I had a cat that this was happening to and I can say it is horrible.
Reply:The term that Mr. answer used is right, but the term that you are probably looking for is corpemesis. The suffix "-emesis" meaning to vommit, and the prefix "corpro" meaning fecal material. There are also similar words such as "hematemesis." You can google them all! ;) Report Abuse

Reply:Would it be "reverse peristalsis" you are thinking of?


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