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Nauseant

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Inducing nausea or vomiting.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A substance which produces nausea.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A substance which produces nausea; an emetic.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A substance which produces nausea.

Producing nausea; nauseating: as, nauseant doses.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting

Word Usage

"The doctor prescribed Diclectin, an anti-nauseant, but it knocks me out, which is great, except for the fact that I can't appreciate the absence of nausea from the condition of unconsciousness."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

curative remedy therapeutic cure

Hyponym

ipecac powdered mustard dry mustard

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

emetic