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AIR SICKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does air sickness mean? 

AIR SICKNESS (noun)
  The noun AIR SICKNESS has 1 sense:

1. motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)play

  Familiarity information: AIR SICKNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AIR SICKNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

air sickness; airsickness

Hypernyms ("air sickness" is a kind of...):

kinetosis; motion sickness (the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle)

Derivation:

air sick; airsick (experiencing motion sickness)


 Context examples 


Disorder caused by motion, as sea sickness, train sickness, car sickness, air sickness, or SPACE MOTION SICKNESS.

(Motion Sickness, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)



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