Definition

Noun: 1. A severe and often fatal form of viral hemorrhagic fever: This term specifically refers to a disease characterized by high fever, jaundice, and internal bleeding, which can lead to the vomiting of dark, altered blood. 2. An archaic or historical name for yellow fever: "Black vomit" was a common descriptive term for a classic, severe symptom of yellow fever, caused by the flavivirus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Historical accounts of the epidemic described the horrifying symptom of black vomit.
  • The doctor recognized the black vomit as a sign of advanced yellow fever.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in historical or medical historical contexts to describe the symptom and, by extension, the disease itself in periods before modern virology.
• It serves as a vivid clinical descriptor of one of the most feared manifestations of the disease.

Variants and Related Words

• Yellow Fever (n): The modern medical name for the disease historically associated with black vomit. It is an acute viral hemorrhagic disease.
• Vomito Negro (n): The Spanish term for "black vomit," also used historically.
• Hemorrhagic Fever (n): A broader category of diseases that share symptoms like bleeding; yellow fever is one type.

Synonyms

• Yellow fever (in historical context)
• Vomito negro

Notes on Meaning

• Direct Meaning: The literal, dark-colored vomit consisting of digested blood, a symptom of internal gastrointestinal bleeding.
• Metonymic Meaning: The term is often used metonymically to refer to the disease (yellow fever) itself, named after its most notorious symptom.

Noun

1. caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito