different between nausea vs aprepitant

English

Etymology

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ???? (naûs, “ship”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??z??/, /?n??s??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?zi.?/, /?n?si.?/, /?n???/, /?n???/
• (US, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /?n?zi.?/, /?n?si.?/, /?n???/, /?n???/
• Rhymes: -??zi?
• Hyphenation: nau?sea

Noun

nausea (countable and uncountable, plural nauseas or nauseae or nauseæ)

1. A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
2. Strong dislike or disgust.
3. Motion sickness.

Derived terms

• nauseate
• nauseous

Translations

Further reading

• nausea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nausea, nausia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (nausía, “seasickness”), from ???? (naûs, “ship”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nausea f (plural nausee)

1. nausea

Derived terms

• nausea mattutina
• nauseabondo / nauseante
• nauseare
• nauseato

Verb

nausea

1. third-person singular present of nauseare
2. second-person singular imperative of nauseare

Latin

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• nausia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?nau?.se.a/, [?näu?s?eä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?nau?.se.a/, [?n??u?s??]

Noun

nausea f (genitive nauseae); first declension

1. nausea
2. seasickness

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: nausea
• ? Italian: nausea
• ? Portuguese: náusea
• ? Spanish: náusea

Etymology 2

Verb

nause?

1. second-person singular present active imperative of nause?

References

• nausea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nausea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nausea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From [Term?] +? -pitant (“neurokinin NK₁ receptor antagonist”).

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p??p.?t.?nt/

Noun

aprepitant (countable and uncountable, plural aprepitants)

1. (pharmacology) An antiemetic drug C₂₃H₂₁F₇N₄O₃ taken orally to prevent nausea and vomiting occurring as a consequence of cancer chemotherapy or surgery. It acts as an antagonist of receptors for substance P. It is often taken in combination with other antiemetic drugs and is marketed under the trademark Emend.

Translations

Derived terms

• fosaprepitant

References

• “aprepitant”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aprepitanto, aprepitante

Noun

aprepitant m (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) aprepitant (drug used to prevent nausea following chemotherapy)