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Nausea

//ˈnɔzi.ə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit. countable, uncountable

    "He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane."

  2. 2
    disgust so strong it makes you feel sick wordnet
  3. 3
    Strong dislike or disgust. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the state that precedes vomiting wordnet
  5. 5
    Motion sickness. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.

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