Among the tests used to determine the cause of your pet's vomiting are X-rays, barium X-rays, toxicology testing, fluoroscopy, esophagoscopy, muscle biopsy, and food allergy testing. X-rays are often done first to exclude the possibility of a foreign object in the stomach, such as a sock or tennis ball.
Scholastic(adj) pertaining to, or suiting, a scholar, a school, or schools; scholarlike; as, scholastic manners or pride; scholastic learning. Scholastic(adj) of or pertaining to the schoolmen and divines of the Middle Ages (see Schoolman); as, scholastic divinity or theology; scholastic philosophy.
1 scholastic-Based on Latin scholasticus, devote one's leisure to learning.. 2  vacation-Coming from Latin vacation/vacatio, from vacare, to be free, empty; to be at leisure, around 1395, this term entered Old English, meaning rest and freedom from any activity..