NAUSEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nausea mean? 

• NAUSEA (noun)
  The noun NAUSEA has 2 senses:

1. the state that precedes vomiting

2. disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

  Familiarity information: NAUSEA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NAUSEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state that precedes vomiting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

nausea; sickness

Hypernyms ("nausea" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nausea"):

kinetosis; motion sickness (the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle)

morning sickness (nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy)

qualm; queasiness; squeamishness (a mild state of nausea)

Derivation:

nauseate (upset and make nauseated)

nauseous (feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("nausea" is a kind of...):

disgust (strong feelings of dislike)

Derivation:

nauseate (cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of)

nauseate (upset and make nauseated)

nauseous (causing or able to cause nausea)

 Context examples 

It can then lead to dizziness and nausea and vomiting.

(Motion Sickness, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

It may include nausea, vomiting and dizziness.

(Motion Sickness, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A self-administered questionnaire designed to assess a patient's level of nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy.

(Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer Antiemesis Tool, NCI Thesaurus)

Nabilone is used to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy in patients who have not been helped by other therapy.

(Nabilone, NCI Dictionary)

The CB1 receptors are expressed predominantly in central and peripheral neurons and receptor stimulation has been implicated in the reduction of chemotherapy-induced nausea.

(Nabilone, NCI Thesaurus)

The nausea and vomiting that accompanies early pregnancy.

(Morning Sickness, NCI Thesaurus)

Exposure to Mirex irritates the skin and eyes and causes a headache as well as dizziness, nausea and vomiting and affects the central nervous system, lungs, liver and kidneys.

(Mirex, NCI Thesaurus)

Drugs used to prevent nausea or vomiting.

(Antiemetic Agent, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Symptoms include jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss.

(ampulla of Vater cancer, NCI Dictionary)

An Antiemetic Effect involves suppression of nausea and vomiting.

(Antiemetic Effect, NCI Thesaurus)