嘔吐

• 読み: おうと
• ローマ字: outo
• 漢字の分解: 嘔 (ou) — vomit, retch; 吐 (to) — spit out, vomit
• 発音: /oː.to/

意味

Vomiting; emesis; the act of throwing up.

A formal/medical term for vomiting. Used primarily in medical, clinical, and written contexts. In everyday speech, 吐く (haku) or 戻す (modosu) are more common. Often appears in symptom descriptions, medical records, and health-related articles.

例文

1. 患者は激しい嘔吐の症状を訴えた。
2. 食中毒による嘔吐と下痢が続いている。
3. 乗り物酔いで嘔吐してしまった。

使い方ガイド

場面: medical, health, clinical reports

トーン: clinical

起源と歴史

Compound of 嘔 (to vomit, to retch) + 吐 (to spit out, to vomit). Both kanji independently mean vomiting, creating an emphatic compound typical of medical Sino-Japanese terminology.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal