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Definition of Nausea
1. Noun. The state that precedes vomiting.
Specialized synonyms: Kinetosis, Motion Sickness, Morning Sickness, Qualm, Queasiness, Squeamishness
Generic synonyms: Symptom
Derivative terms: Nauseate, Nauseous, Sick
2. Noun. Disgust so strong it makes you feel sick.
Definition of Nausea
1. n. Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.
Definition of Nausea
1. Noun. A feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit. ¹
2. Noun. Strong dislike or disgust. ¹
3. Noun. Sea-sickness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nausea
1. a stomach disturbance [n -S]
Medical Definition of Nausea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nausea
Literary usage of Nausea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History, diagnosis, and treatment of the fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1856)
"The most frequent of these are nausea, vomiting, and epigastric distress.
Of twenty-four fatal cases mentioned by Louis, there was nausea in thirteen, ..."
2. Eating Hints: Recipes and Tips for Better Nutrition During Cancer Treatment edited by Yale New Haven Med Cntr, Yale-New Haven Medical Center Staff (1990)
"Those people who do have nausea and vomiting will be glad to know that there are
... For more information on coping with nausea and vomiting, talk with your ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"She was admitted to the hospital and various means were tried to control the nausea.
This failed, and she was finally delivered spontaneously of the foetus. ..."
4. A Treatise on the science and practice of midwifery by William Smoult Playfair (1889)
"A certain amount of nausea is indeed so common an accompaniment of pregnancy ...
We need here only discuss those cases in which the nausea is excessive and ..."
5. Practical Organotherapy: The Internal Secretions in General Practice by Henry Robert Harrower (1922)
"If she has a tendency to nausea and vomiting, which would be very probable with
a detoxicating mechanism depleted as hers must be, No. 49 on our list, ..."
6. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1922)
"nausea and Vomiting.—About one-third of pregnant women have this symptom. ...
Symptoms of the ordinary nausea becoming "uncontrollable" or "pernicious" are: ..."
7. Homœopathic Therapeutics by Samuel Lilienthal (1890)
"nausea followed by vomiting of bright lumpy blood ; pulsating headache, vertigo ;
pale earthy face, blushing easily ; throbbing heat and burning in stomach ..."
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