Term Name: antiemetic
Synonyms: anti-emetic, anti-emetics, antiemetico, antiemetics
Definition: A drug used to prevent nausea or vomiting. An antiemetic may act by a wide range of mechanisms: it might affect the medullary control centres (the vomiting centre and the chemoreceptive trigger zone) or affect the peripheral receptors.
Ontology: ChEBI [CHEBI:50919]  ( EBI )

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is a type of: drug
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