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A medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
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nauseant
Word definitions for nauseant in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A nauseant is a substance or an agent that is used to generate the tendency to vomit . Tobacco and egg white are nauseous to children, and produce sickness at the stomach. Nauseants are akin to direct emetics . Category:Drugs acting on the gastrointestinal ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nauseant \Nau"se*ant\, n. [L. nauseans, p. pr. Of nauseare.] (Med.) A substance which produces nausea; an emetic.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A substance which produces nausea.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic , vomit , vomitive ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1834, from Latin nauseant- , present participle stem of nauseare (see nauseate (v.)).