Emetic vs Antinausea - What's the difference?
emetic | antinausea |
(medicine) Intended to prevent or combat nausea
In medicine terms the difference between emetic and antinausea
is that emetic is causing nausea and vomiting while antinausea is intended to prevent or combat nausea.As a noun emetic
is an agent that induces vomiting.emetic
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Alternative forms
* emetick (obsolete)Synonyms
* (an agent that induces vomiting) vomitive, vomitoryantinausea
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Adjective
(-)- She took an antinausea drug before the flight.