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. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-30] Reference
Notice that the drug with the potentially horrendous side effects was an anti-nauseant. From Wordnik.com. [New Hampshire Public Radio] Reference
We must avoid adding too much of the tincture to any mixture, lest it convert it into a nauseant or emetic. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
According to Feneuille, spigeline is bitter, nauseant, and purgative, and produces a sort of intoxication (ivresse). From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Now, no sedative or nauseant is known that does not lock up the natural secretions and thus lessen the digestive powers. From Wordnik.com. [Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [The Dog] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Knocked Up And Knocked Down | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Going with our three approximate definitions, here’s when each adjective had each meaning (all dates are approximate and based predominantly on the OED): nauseous: susceptible to nausea (1600s), sickening (1600s-now), sickened (1850s-now) nauseated: sickening (1600s), sickened (1700s-now) nauseating: sickening (1600s-now) nauseant: sickening (1850s-now) nauseative: susceptible to nausea (1600s). From Wordnik.com. [2008 November « Motivated Grammar] Reference
In addition to nauseous, there’s also nauseated, nauseating, nauseant, nauseation, nauseity, and others. From Wordnik.com. [2008 November « Motivated Grammar] Reference
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