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.
In Scholastic logic, a fact or example (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin instantia, used to translate Greek enstasis. This led to use in phrase for instance as an example. (1650s), and the noun phrase To give (someone) a for instance (1953, American English).