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Definition of Airsickness
1. Noun. Motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence).
Generic synonyms: Kinetosis, Motion Sickness
Derivative terms: Air Sick, Airsick, Airsick
Definition of Airsickness
1. Noun. (defn English) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Airsickness
1. [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Airsickness
1. A condition resembling seasickness or other forms of motion sickness occurring in airplane or space flight as a result of erratic and continuous stimuli of the inner ear. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airsickness
Literary usage of Airsickness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aerial Observation: The Airplane Observer, the Balloon Observer, and the by Holworthy Hall (1921)
"The Observer is subject to airsickness and not very much ashamed of it, ...
airsickness, however, is infinitely more trying than the aquatic variety. ..."
2. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"But the nausea which they suffered in flight was hard to avoid, no matter how
many airsickness pills they took. A conscientious glider pilot could reduce ..."
3. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments; and Other by Episcopal Church, Church of England (1854)
"... that he may take airsickness patiently, and recover his bodily health, if it
be thy gracious will; and that whensoever his soul shall depart from the ..."
4. The Doctor in War by Woods Hutchinson (1918)
"Then they were laid to a mysterious alleged "airsickness," similar to the allied
and familiar seasickness, and due like it to sudden changes and pitches in ..."
5. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"AIR SICKNESS Sea-sickness has been known ever since man took to the sea, and
airsickness became fairly common after flying became prevalent. The cause VOL. ..."
6. Aviation Medicine in the A. E. F. by William Holland Wilmer (1920)
"... with hypersensitive labyrinths fall in the first three types and that 16 of
these 24 pilots were forced to discontinue training because of airsickness. ..."
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