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NAUSEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The state that precedes vomiting

Synonyms:

nausea; sickness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Anzemet blocks the action of the chemical serotonin, which binds to certain nerves and may trigger nausea and vomiting.

(Anzemet, NCI Dictionary)

It is used to treat certain stomach problems and nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy.

(Metoclopramide, NCI Dictionary)

Nausea is a side effect of some types of cancer therapy.

(Nausea, NCI Dictionary)

A question about whether an individual had nausea that affected sleep during the past 24 hours.

(Nausea Affected Sleep During Past 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual had nausea that interfered with enjoyment of life during the past 24 hours.

(Nausea Interfered With Enjoyment of Life During Past 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual had nausea that interfered with appetite during the past 24 hours.

(Nausea Interfered With Appetite During Past 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual had nausea that interfered with physical activities during the past 24 hours.

(Nausea Interfered With Physical Activities During Past 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual had nausea that interfered with social life during the past 24 hours.

(Nausea Interfered With Social Life During Past 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)

And at the very moment of that vainglorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A question about whether an individual had nausea in the last 24 hours.

(Nausea in the Last 24 Hours, NCI Thesaurus)