Talk:nausea
Latest comment: 16 years ago by Daniel Polansky in topic Nausea and urge to vomit
Nausea and urge to vomit
[edit]Wiktionary:
- A feeling of physical unwellness, usually with the desire to vomit. (Boldface by me.)
Wikipedia:
- Nausea (Latin: Nausea, Greek: Ναυτεία, "sea-sickness") is the sensation of unease and discomfort in the stomach with an urge to vomit.
So while Wiktionary has the desire to vomit as an optional requirement, Wikipedia has it as a defining characteristic. Differences:
- tendency to vomit: optional vs mandatory
- "desire" vs "urge"
Wikipedia's definition seems more appropriate to me, but then, I am a non-native speaker, and a medical non-expert --Daniel Polansky 09:43, 15 February 2008 (UTC)