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haematemesis
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haematemesis

Vomiting of blood. It may be due to: having swallowed blood (after a nosebleed or surgery in the mouth); peptic ulcer; or rupture of varicose veins in the oesophagus, a complication of cirrhosis.



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He had no recent history of fever, cough, weight loss, dysphagia, dyspnea, aspiration, hematemesis, or hemoptysis associated with the swelling.
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