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Answer for the clue "Causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested ", 10 letters:
disulfiram

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A drug, ''1-(diethylthiocarbamoyldisulfanyl)- N,N-diethyl-methanethioamide'', used to treat chronic alcoholism

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a drug (trade name Antabuse) used in the treatment of alcoholism; causes nausea and vomiting if alcohol is ingested [syn: Antabuse ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Disulfiram (sold under the trade names Antabuse and Antabus ) is a drug discovered in the 1920s that is used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme ...

Usage examples of disulfiram.

Because she took the disulfiram this morning and has been drinking on top of the pills, so to speak, since she returned from the hospital this beautiful transformation naturally appears through a veil of the overall poisoning of the organism.