nauseant

[ naw-zee-uhnt, -zhee-, -see-, -shee- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

1840–50; < Latin nauseant- (stem of nauseāns ) present participle of nauseāre to be seasick. See nausea, -ant

Both are pectoral and expectorant; and in large doses nauseant and emetic.

Diaphoretic, nauseant, and emetic when warm; tonic when cold.

By the operation of the Nauseant the violent action of the heart in high fever may be allayed.

The influence of Antimony on the glandular organs is indirectly but powerfully intensified by its nauseant action.

The plant is official in the Pharmacopœia of India as an emetic and in small doses is nauseant and diaphoretic.

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