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CAR SICKNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does car sickness mean?
• CAR SICKNESS (noun)
The noun CAR SICKNESS has 1 sense:
1. motion sickness experienced while traveling in a car
Familiarity information: CAR SICKNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Motion sickness experienced while traveling in a car
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("car 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:
carsick (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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