Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Inducing nausea or vomiting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A substance which produces nausea.
- Producing nausea; nauseating: as, nauseant doses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A substance which produces nausea; an emetic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine A substance which produces
nausea .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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In asthma and bronchitis, both of children and adults, Langley has used this plant with good results, and he recommends 1. 25-3.50 grams of the tincture (100 grams of the fresh plant to 500 of alcohol, 90°) repeated several times a day; the effect is expectorant, nauseant and, in large doses, emetic.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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The plant is official in the Pharmacopoeia of India as an emetic and in small doses is nauseant and diaphoretic.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Now, no sedative or nauseant is known that does not lock up the natural secretions and thus lessen the digestive powers.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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The decoction of the root, taken in small doses, may be used wherever a nauseant and expectorant is required, and will aid in preventing the advance of colds, croup, pneumonia, etc.
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Anevenne is also said to have detected two: polygalic and Virgineic -- the first of which will unite with bases; the second volatile, oily, nauseant, and emetic in small, diaphoretic, expectorant, and diuretic in large doses.
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According to Feneuille, spigeline is bitter, nauseant, and purgative, and produces a sort of intoxication (ivresse).
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We must avoid adding too much of the tincture to any mixture, lest it convert it into a nauseant or emetic.
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The 'Antimonii Potassio Tartras (Tartar Emetic)', besides its effect on the skin, is a useful nauseant, and invaluable in inflammation of the lungs and catarrhal affections of every kind.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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