Definition of "nauseant" [nau•se•ant]

• Inducing nausea or vomiting. (adjective)

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• "The doctor prescribed Diclectin, an anti-nauseant, but it knocks me out, which is great, except for the fact that I can't appreciate the absence of nausea from the condition of unconsciousness."
• "The plant is official in the Pharmacopoeia of India as an emetic and in small doses is nauseant and diaphoretic."
• "In asthma and bronchitis, both of children and adults, Langley has used this plant with good results, and he recommends 1. 25-3.50 grams of the tincture (100 grams of the fresh plant to 500 of alcohol, 90°) repeated several times a day; the effect is expectorant, nauseant and, in large doses, emetic."