Dictionary entry

Nausea

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Nau″se‐a (? or �), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, fr. ναυ̑σ 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.