Definition of Kinetosis

1. Noun. The state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Kinetosis

kinetochore
kinetochore fibres
kinetochores
kinetodesma
kinetofragminophorea
kinetogenesis
kinetogenic
kinetoplasm
kinetoplast
kinetoplastid
kinetoplastida
kinetoplastids
kinetoplasts
kinetoscope
kinetoscopes
kinetosis (current term)
kinetosome
kinetosomes
kinety
kineyerd
kinfolk
kinfolks
king
king's
king's evil
king's pawn
king's ransom
king's ransoms
king's spear
king-size

Literary usage of Kinetosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"Sea-sickness is the best example of a "kinetosis"; "car- sickness" and "elevator-sickness" are minor forms. In the production of seasickness, except in the ..."

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