retching
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retch
(rĕch)v. retched, retch·ing, retch·es
v.intr.
To try to vomit.
v.tr.
To vomit.
[Alteration of Middle English rechen, from Old English hrǣcan, to clear the throat, spit, bring up (phlegm).]
retch n.
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retching
(ˈrɛtʃɪŋ)n
(Physiology) a series of spasms; heaving
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
retching
n → Würgerei f, → Gewürge nt
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retching
n arcadas (form), acción f de vomitar sin nada que expulsarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.