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to gag

French translation: avoir des haut-le-coeur

08:59 Sep 19, 2011
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: to gag
Can someone provide the proper term that one would use with a doctor to describe gaging, ss in, " He has an uncontrollable urge to gag."
Rebecca Lyne
France
French translation:avoir des haut-le-coeur
Explanation:
ici : être pris de haut-le-coeur
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Imanol
Local time: 06:53
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2avoir des haut-le-coeur
Imanol
4to retch
Helen Hagon
4réflexe nauséeux ou nausées
Drmanu49


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to retch


Explanation:
OED: retch = "to strain one's throat as if vomiting"

Helen Hagon
Local time: 05:53
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: this could be En-Fr/I just heard back from Asker. It's supposed to be an En-Fr question. It's usually best to wait to answer until the language pair is clear. (this was posted as Fr-En, not En-En).
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réflexe nauséeux ou nausées


Explanation:
ifr48.timone.univ-mrs.fr/Dictionnaire_semiologie/.../n_cranien.ht... - En cache
Le réflexe nauséeux est aboli ou diminué. X : nerfs pneumogastriques. En cas d'atteinte du nerf X, on observe une paralysie du voile du palais avec déviation de ...

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 06:53
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avoir des haut-le-coeur


Explanation:
ici : être pris de haut-le-coeur

Imanol
Local time: 06:53
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Native speaker of: French
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agree  enrico paoletti
7 hrs
  -> Merci Enrico
agree  Simo Blom
21 days
  -> Merci Simo
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