How to spell nausea

Nausea is spelled N-A-U-S-E-A.

hear itnau·se·a/'nɔziə/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: A feeling of sickness that can lead to vomiting.

In a sentence: Sometimes when you spin around too fast, you might feel a little nausea.

Same family: nauseous, nauseated, nauseating, sickness, queasiness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Nausea comes from the Latin word 'nausea,' which originally meant 'seasickness' and is related to the Greek word 'naus' meaning 'ship.' The word literally began as the feeling people had when they were sick on boats.

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