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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)
Familiarity information: AIR SICKNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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:
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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