emetogenic
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emetogenic — Having the capacity to induce emesis (vomiting), a common property of anticancer agents, narcotics, and amorphine. * * * em·e·to·gen·ic (em″ə to jenґik) [Gr. emetos vomiting + genic] emetic (def. 1) … Medical dictionary
emetogenic — adj. inducing vomiting (Medicine) … English contemporary dictionary
emetogenic — Describes a substance that causes vomiting. Also called emetic … English dictionary of cancer terms
Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting — (CINV) is a common side effect of many cancer treatments. Nausea and vomiting are two of the most feared cancer treatment related side effects for cancer patients and their families. In 1983, Coates et al. found that patients receiving… … Wikipedia
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Postoperative nausea and vomiting — Infobox Disease Name = Postoperative nausea and vomiting Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D020250 Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is an unpleasant complication… … Wikipedia
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Chemotherapy — A woman being treated with docetaxel chemotherapy for breast cancer. Cold mittens and wine coolers are placed on her hands and feet to reduce harm to her nails. Chemotherapy (sometimes cancer chemotherapy) is the treatment of cancer with an… … Wikipedia
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Metoclopramide — Systematic (IUPAC) name 4 amino 5 chloro N (2 (di … Wikipedia
