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Webster 1913 Edition

Nausea

Nau′se-a

(? or [GREEK])
,
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr.
ναῦσ
ship. See
Nave
of a church, and cf.
Noise
.]
Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

Webster 1828 Edition

Nausea

NAUSEA

,
Noun.
Originally and properly, sea-sickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach, accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; loathing; squeamishness of the stomach.

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