Term Name: | antiemetic |
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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 ) |