nausea
nausea
Definition
nau·sea (nô′s̸hə, -z̸hə; -sē ə, -zē ə)
noun
- a feeling of sickness at the stomach, with an impulse to vomit
- disgust; loathing
Etymology: L < Gr nausia, nautia, seasickness < naus, a ship, nautēs, sailor: see navy
nausea
Synonyms
nausea
n.
nausea
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- sweat: Severe pain, dizziness, fainting, sweating, nausea, or shortness of breath may also occur.
- induce: Looking at a lot of different screens makes it very obvious that busy screens are distracting and moving screens induce nausea.
- alleviate: Some simple changes in eating habits can alleviate nausea in many pregnant women.
- relieve: Morning Sickness - sucking on piece of crystallized ginger, drinking ginger ale or ginger tea will help relieve the nausea of morning sickness.
- flush: Commonly reported adverse effects include headache, flushing, nausea, dizziness and peripheral edema.
- treat: Other medications may be given in the same way, for example drugs to treat nausea.
Converse of subject
- accompany: Most people are aware that migraine usually consists of a violent headache accompanied by nausea - a sick headache.
Adjective modifier
- chemotherapy-induced: Continued research with other agents and combinations of these agents is under way to determine their usefulness in controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
- postoperative: Nausea and vomiting Postoperative nausea and vomiting was less frequent in some, but not all studies.
- mild: The most common side effect is mild nausea which usually subsides within the first week or two of treatment.
- severe: Gastrointestinal: Mild nausea common early on, but severe nausea and vomiting may preclude drug's use.
- persistent: Nine patients reported various mild adverse events during the first week, with persistent nausea or daytime fatigue in two.
- moderate: Tamiflu is generally well tolerated: Tamiflu may cause mild to moderate nausea or vomiting in 1 out of 10 people.
Modifies a noun
- vomiting: Gastrointestinal: While any DMARD could cause nausea and/or vomiting, certain ones are more liable to do so.
- diarrhea: The most common ones are: feeling tired or dizzy blurred vision nausea stomach ache diarrhea or constipation.
- and/or: Gastrointestinal: While any DMARD could cause nausea and/or vomiting, certain ones are more liable to do so.
Preposition: during
- pregnancy: However, patches may be preferred if the woman is suffering from nausea during pregnancy.
Noun used with modifier
- appetite: They can include: headache fever tiredness aching limbs loss of appetite nausea and vomiting abdominal pain These symptoms last for around a week.
- headache: Effects may include: headaches breast tenderness nausea weight gain blood spotting between menstruating.
- pain: Our portfolio of products was further expanded by the acquisition of a range of pain and/or nausea relief products from CeNeS.
Browse dictionary entries near nausea
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- Nausicaä
