Definition

1. Noun:
   • A substance, typically a medicine or drug, that causes the feeling of nausea and often induces vomiting. It is an agent used to provoke emesis.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • In the past, ipecac syrup was a common household nauseant used to treat certain poisonings.
  • The doctor administered a nauseant to the patient who had ingested a toxic substance.
  • Some chemotherapy drugs act as powerful nauseants, requiring anti-emetic medication to counteract their effects.

Advanced Usage

• The term is primarily used in formal, medical, or pharmacological contexts. In everyday language, people are more likely to refer to something that causes nausea as "nauseating" or to describe a medicine as an "emetic" (a substance that causes vomiting).
  • The side effect profile lists the drug as a potential nauseant.
• It can be used attributively (like an adjective) before another noun.
  • The nauseant effect of the treatment was severe.

Variants and Related Words

• Nauseate (verb): To cause to feel nausea or disgust.
  • The smell of rotten eggs nauseates me.
• Nauseating (adjective): Causing nausea or disgust.
  • The nauseating motion of the boat made everyone seasick.
• Nausea (noun): The feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit.
  • She felt a wave of nausea after the chemotherapy session.
• Emeric (noun): A synonym for a substance that induces vomiting.
• Antiemetic (noun): A medicine that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting (the opposite of a nauseant).

Synonyms

• Emetic
• Vomit-inducing agent
• Sickening agent (less precise)

Related Phrases

• Induce vomiting: To cause someone to vomit, often the intended action of a nauseant.
  • The poison control center advised against inducing vomiting unless directed by a professional.

Noun

1. a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting