vomitory (redirected from vomitories)

vom·i·to·ry  (vm-tôr, -tr)

adj.

Inducing vomiting; vomitive.

n. pl. vom·i·to·ries

1. Something that induces vomiting.

2. An aperture through which matter is discharged.

3. One of the tunnellike passages of an amphitheater or stadium between the seats and the outside wall or passageway.

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vomitory [ˈvɒmɪtərɪ -trɪ]

adj

(Medicine) Also vomitive [ˈvɒmɪtɪv] causing vomiting; emetic

n pl -ries

1. (Medicine / Pharmacology) Also called vomitive a vomitory agent

2. (Medicine) Rare a container for receiving vomitus

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called vomitorium [ˌvɒmɪˈtɔːrɪəm] a passageway in an ancient Roman amphitheatre that connects an outside entrance to a tier of seats

4. an opening through which matter is ejected

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

vomitory - an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium coliseum, amphitheater, amphitheatre - an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held entrance, entranceway, entryway, entree, entry - something that provides access (to get in or get out); "they waited at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just outside the entryway to the cathedral"