noun
- sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
- extreme disgust; loathing; repugnance.
noun
- the sensation that precedes vomiting
- a feeling of disgust or revulsion
n.early 15c., vomiting, from Latin nausea “seasickness,” from Ionic Greek nausia (Attic nautia) “seasickness, nausea, disgust,” literally “ship-sickness,” from naus “ship” (see naval). Despite its etymology, the word in English seems never to have been restricted to seasickness. n.
- A feeling of sickness characterized by gastrointestinal distress and an urge to vomit.
- A symptom characterized by gastrointestinal distress and an urge to vomit.