Definitions for nauseaˈnɔ zi ə, -ʒə, -si ə, -ʃə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

nau•se•aˈnɔ zi ə, -ʒə, -si ə, -ʃə(n.)

  1. sickness at the stomach, esp. when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.

    Category: Pathology

  2. extreme disgust; loathing; repugnance.

Origin of nausea:

1560–70; < L nausea, nausia < Gk *nausíā (Ionic nausíē) seasickness

Princeton's WordNet

  1. nausea, sickness(noun)

    the state that precedes vomiting

  2. nausea(noun)

    disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. nausea(noun)ˈnɔ zi ə, -ʒə, -si ə, -ʃə

    a strong feeling of sickness in your stomach

    nausea and dizziness

Wiktionary

  1. nausea(Noun)

    A feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit.

  2. nausea(Noun)

    Strong dislike or disgust.

  3. nausea(Noun)

    Sea-sickness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Nausea(noun)

    seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Nausea

    An unpleasant sensation in the stomach usually accompanied by the urge to vomit. Common causes are early pregnancy, sea and motion sickness, emotional stress, intense pain, food poisoning, and various enteroviruses.


Translations for nausea

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

nausea(noun)

a feeling of sickness.

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