nauseant

9.9

A medicine that makes you feel sick and vomit

noun
/ˈnɔːziənt/

Specialized

: nauseante

The doctor prescribed a nauseant to induce vomiting after the patient ingested poison.

Examples

Some nauseants are used in emergency medicine to empty the stomach quickly.
Because of its powerful effect, a nauseant should only be administered by a medical professional.
The doctor prescribed a nauseant to help with the treatment.
Have you ever taken a nauseant before?
In cases of poisoning, a nauseant may be administered to induce vomiting and expel harmful substances.
Some medical treatments involve the use of a nauseant to help clear the stomach before certain procedures.
During the study, participants were given a nauseant to evaluate its effects on nausea caused by motion sickness.

Synonyms

emetic

vsnauseant

Specialized

1 9.6

A substance that makes a person vomit

has identical meaning but differs only in word form

vomitive

vsnauseant

Archaic

9.9

A medicine that makes you feel sick and throw up

has identical meaning but differs only in word form

Antonyms

antiemetic

Specialized

1 7.5

A medicine that prevents or stops feeling sick and throwing up

Surface Forms

nauseant singular

nauseants plural

Morphology

nauseant = nausea (semi-transparent) = nausea + ant

The word is clearly built from 'nausea' plus the suffix '-ant', but the specific sense of a medicine that causes nausea is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

The word nauseant comes from the same root as nausea, from an old Greek word meaning 'sea-sickness', the sick feeling you get on a boat. So a nauseant is something that makes you feel 'nausea' and can make you vomit, which is why it is a medicine used to empty the stomach.