HOW TO PRONOUNCE
nausea
/ˈnɔziə/
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NAW-zee-uh: use z followed by ee.
NAW-zee-uh has three syllables, with the first strongest. Keep the z voiced as it leads into ee and then a light final uh.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“The leaflet includes a section on nausea.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does nausea mean?
noun
- A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.
- Strong dislike or disgust.
- Motion sickness.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈnɔziə/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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And at the very moment of that vain-glorious thought, a qualm came over me, a horrid nausea and the most deadly shuddering.
Usually the nausea begins just after a menstrual period has been missed, and ceases about the third month or a little later.
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But the smell I had noticed on entering was stronger here, and a rising nausea drove me into the street for fresh air.
Meniere's disease is a disease probably of the semicircular canals, characterized by nausea, vomiting, vertigo, deafness, tinnitus aurium, and various other phenomena.