The Emergence Machine

Vomit

process · biology · Level 10 · E6

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Emergence definition

When an organism's stomach, a compartment within the body that stores and processes food, becomes overwhelmed or irritated, it expels its contents through the mouth, a passageway that connects the internal body to the external environment, resulting in the involuntary ejection of stomach contents.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “vomit” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
vomit
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L2L1L0VomitMouthFaceHeadStomach… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesVomitL10StomachL7MouthL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Stomach L7 (requires) Biology sense
    Vomiting expels stomach contents
  • Mouth L9 (requires)
    Vomit is ejected through the mouth