nau ‧ se ‧ a /ˈnɔːziə, -siə $ ˈnɒːziə, -ʃə/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] formal
[ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: Greek nausia 'seasickness' , from nautes ; ⇨ ↑ nautical ]
the feeling that you have when you think you are going to ↑ vomit (=bring food up from your stomach through your mouth) SYN sickness
feeling/wave of nausea
A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.
⇨ ↑ ad nauseam
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COLLOCATIONS
■ verbs
▪ suffer from nausea
Some patients suffer from nausea and headaches.
▪ cause nausea
The medicine can cause nausea and dizziness.
▪ nausea sweeps over/engulfs somebody formal
Nausea swept over him when he tried to stand.
■ phrases
▪ a feeling of nausea
Many women have feelings of nausea in early pregnancy.
▪ a wave of nausea (=a sudden strong feeling of nausea)
A terrible wave of nausea swept over her.
■ adjectives
▪ intense/severe nausea
The woman suffered from severe nausea and vomiting.
▪ mild nausea
The tablets can cause mild nausea.
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THESAURUS
▪ stomachache pain in your stomach or near your stomach:
He said he had a stomachache and didn't want to go to school.
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I've got bad stomachache.
▪ indigestion pain or uncomfortable feelings that you get when your stomach cannot break down food that you have eaten:
She frequently suffered from indigestion.
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If I eat onions, they give me indigestion.
▪ food poisoning a stomach illness caused by eating food that contains harmful bacteria, so that you vomit:
I got food poisoning while I was on holiday and had to spend the day in bed.
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Two of the customers has to be taken to hospital with suspected food poisoning.
▪ nausea the feeling that you have when you think you are going to vomit:
A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me.
▪ constipation the condition of having difficulty in getting rid of solid waste from your body:
Do you suffer from constipation?
▪ diarrhoea British English , diarrhea American English an illness in which waste from the bowels is watery and comes out often:
The main symptoms are diarrhoea and vomiting.
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Some dairy products can cause diarrhoea.