What is "nauseant"

Nauseant \Nau"se*ant\, n. [L. nauseans, p. pr. Of nauseare.] (Med.) A substance which produces nausea; an emetic.

1834, from Latin nauseant-, present participle stem of nauseare (see nauseate (v.)).

n. (context medicine English) A substance which produces nausea.

n. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic, vomit, vomitive]

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 system and metabolism