Definition

1. Noun:
   • Nausea and vomiting during early pregnancy: A condition characterized by feelings of nausea, often accompanied by vomiting, that typically occurs in the early part of the day during the first months of pregnancy. It is a common symptom of early pregnancy.

Usage

• The term "morning sickness" is used as a non-medical, common name for the nausea of pregnancy. It is typically used as an uncountable noun.
• While the name suggests it only happens in the morning, symptoms can occur at any time of day.

Examples

• Noun:
  • She experienced terrible morning sickness during her first trimester.
  • For many women, morning sickness is one of the earliest signs of pregnancy.
  • Her doctor recommended ginger tea to help ease the morning sickness.

Advanced Usage

• "to have morning sickness": to suffer from the condition.
  • She has had morning sickness for weeks.
• "to suffer from morning sickness": a more formal way to describe experiencing the condition.
  • Approximately 70-80% of pregnant women suffer from morning sickness.

Variants and Related Words

• Hyperemesis gravidarum (n): A severe, persistent form of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy that can lead to dehydration and weight loss, requiring medical treatment. This is a more serious condition than typical morning sickness.
• Nausea (n): The feeling of needing to vomit. This is the primary symptom described by "morning sickness."

Synonyms

• Pregnancy nausea: A more clinical descriptive term.
• Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP): The formal medical term for the condition.

Notes

• There are no specific phrasal verbs or idioms directly formed from the compound noun "morning sickness." It is used as a fixed term.

Noun

1. nausea early in the day; a characteristic symptom in the early months of pregnancy