vomica

== English == === Etymology === Latin , from vomere (“to throw up, vomit”). === Noun === vomica (plural vomicas or vomicae) (medicine) An abscess cavity in the lungs or any other parenchymal organ. === See also === nux vomica == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɔ.mɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔː.mi.ka] === Noun === vomica f (genitive vomicae); first declension abscess, boil, sore, ulcer ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === Adjective === vomica nominative/vocative feminine singular of vomicus === Adjective === vomicā ablative feminine singular of vomicus === References === “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.