Pharmacologic Substance
antiemetic Audio
an·ti·e·met·ic [ an-tee-uh-met-ik, an-tahy- ]
Subclass of:
Central Nervous System Agents; Gastrointestinal Agents; Autonomic Agents
Definitions related to antiemetics:
  • A drug that prevents nausea and vomiting.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • A drug that prevents or reduces nausea and vomiting.
    NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Drugs used to prevent nausea or vomiting; act by a wide range of mechanisms; some act on the medullary control centers while others effect the peripheral receptors.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Drugs used to prevent NAUSEA or VOMITING.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (antiemetic agent) A pharmacological agent that prevents nausea and/or vomiting.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Antiemetic, any drug that is used to prevent vomiting. Broadly, antiemetics may be divided into two groups: drugs that are effective in combating motion sickness and drugs that are effective against nausea and vomiting due to other causes. The exact way in which these drugs work is not known...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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