Nausea

Introduction: Nausea

Description of Nausea

Nausea: A feeling of wanting to vomit.

Nausea: An inclination to vomit. SYN: sicchasia (1). [L. fr. G. nausia, seasickness, fr. naus, ship]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Nausea: A feeling of sickness or discomfort in the stomach that may come with an urge to vomit. Nausea is a side effect of some types of cancer therapy.
Source: National Institute of Health

Nausea: the state that precedes vomiting.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Nausea: unpleasant sensation in the stomach usually accompanied by the urge to vomit.
Source: CRISP

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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Nausea as a Symptom

Nausea (symptom): The queasy feeling of nausea and often also vomiting.

Nausea (symptom): Nausea is that queasy feeling of unease with which everyone is familar. It often occurs with or precedes vomiting, but both nausea-without-vomiting and vomiting-without-nausea are possible. Nausea is the body's way of reacting to an infection or condition. Any nausea or vomiting symptom ... more

Nausea: See also Nausea:
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Nausea (symptom): See Nausea (symptom information).

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Terms associated with Nausea:

Terms Similar to Nausea:

• sickness

Source - WordNet 2.1

Related Topics

• Antiemetics
• Emetics

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Nausea:

• Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting

Source - MeSH 2007

• motion sickness
• kinetosis
• morning sickness
• queasiness
• squeamishness
• qualm

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Nausea

• Signs and Symptoms, Digestive

Source - MeSH 2007

• gastrointestinal sign /symptom

Source - CRISP

• symptom

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Nausea:

• emesis

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Nausea

The following list attempts to classify Nausea into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• symptom
• evidence,grounds
• information
• cognition,knowledge,noesis
• psychological feature

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Signs and Symptoms
    • Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
      • Nausea

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