antiemetic drug

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• antiemetic drug — noun a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting • Syn: ↑antiemetic • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑dimenhydrinate, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• antiemetic — noun a drug that prevents or alleviates nausea and vomiting • Syn: ↑antiemetic drug • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug • Hyponyms: ↑dimenhydrinate …   Useful english dictionary

• Antiemetic — An anti emetic is a drug that is effective against vomiting and nausea. Anti emetics are typically used to treat motion sickness and the side effects of opioid analgesics, general anaesthetics and chemotherapy directed against cancer. TOC Types… …   Wikipedia

• antiemetic — 1. Preventing or arresting vomiting. 2. A remedy that tends to control nausea and vomiting. [anti + G. emetikos, emetic] * * * an·ti·emet·ic .ant ē ə met ik, .an .tī adj used or tending to prevent or check vomiting <antiemetic drugs>… …   Medical dictionary

• antiemetic — 1. adjective That combats nausea and vomiting Ant: emetic 2. noun A drug that combats nausea and vomiting Ant: emetic …   Wiktionary

• antiemetic — adj. serving to alleviate or prevent nausea and vomiting (Medicine) n. drug used to alleviate or prevent nausea and vomiting (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

• antiemetic — n. a drug that prevents vomiting. Various drugs have this effect, including some antihistamines (e.g. cyclizine, promethazine) and antimuscarinic drugs. They are used for such conditions as motion sickness and vertigo; drugs used to counteract… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• antiemetic — A drug that prevents or reduces nausea and vomiting …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• medicinal drug — noun (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease • Syn: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament • Derivationally related forms: ↑medicate (for: ↑medication), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 5-HT3 antagonist — 5 HT3 receptor antagonists Drug class Skeletal formula of ondansetron, the prototypical 5 HT3 antagonist ATC code A04AA …   Wikipedia

• prochlorperazine — noun antipsychotic and antiemetic drug used to treat schizophrenia and to combat nausea and vomiting • Hypernyms: ↑major tranquilizer, ↑major tranquillizer, ↑major tranquilliser, ↑antipsychotic drug, ↑antipsychotic agent, ↑antipsychotic,… …   Useful english dictionary