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nausea

[naw-zee-uh, -zhuh, -see-uh, -shuh] / ˈnɔ zi ə, -ʒə, -si ə, -ʃə /


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Reports of suspected cyclospora cases in the Midwest began circulating earlier in July, with a growing number of consumers in Michigan, Ohio and other nearby states complaining of cramping, nausea and watery diarrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Poop jokes and memes aside, cyclosporiasis is a serious parasitic foodborne intestinal illness whose symptoms include nausea, fatigue, and explosive diarrhea that can last weeks or even months without antibiotic treatment.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Sufferers have described symptoms such as hearing a low hum, clicks, squeals and "grinding metal" while others reported intense pressure on the skull, dizziness and nausea.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

About 20% of infected people will develop mild symptoms such as a fever, body aches and nausea.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Groaning, I lay down again and waited for the nausea to pass.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Hanna said: "She often produces flu-like symptoms with a runny nose and cough and often when the phlegm releases itself in a cough she feels nauseas and vomits."

From BBC Nov. 21, 2024

For some days past she had been subject to violent nauseas and acute pains, and as she bade him goodbye out of the railway-carriage window, she had to bend and press herself against it.

From A Mummer's Wife by Moore, George (George Augustus)

Persis was learning wherein wealth, as well as poverty, has its poverties, its nauseas, its petty annoyances, its daily denials, its hair-cloth shirts.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert

They were also the incarnated nauseas and despairs of Basine.

From Gargoyles by Hecht, Ben




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