Dramamine

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A drug used to prevent or treat symptoms of motion sickness such as nausea and dizziness
2. A medication that helps stop feelings of sickness and imbalance caused by movement during travel
3. A treatment applied to reduce queasiness and disorientation that occurs with motion

Etymology: Dramamine is a brand name, and that is the whole of its origin: it was coined as a trademark for a motion sickness medicine rather than grown out of an older word. The name belongs to the commercial sphere, so its meaning is simply the product it identifies, a pill sold to prevent travel nausea. Brand names of this kind are usually built from fragments of other words, chosen for sound and suggestion, and the same is true here, though the source does not record the details of how the name was assembled.

Synonyms: antiemetic, motion sickness drug