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Definition of Mal de mer
1. Noun. Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water.
Generic synonyms: Kinetosis, Motion Sickness
Derivative terms: Seasick
Medical Definition of Mal de mer
1. A form of motion sickness caused by the motion of a floating platform, such as a ship, boat, or raft. Synonym: mal de mer, naupathia, vomitus marinus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mal De Mer
Literary usage of Mal de mer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Pharisees, French Crocodiles, and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters by Max O'Rell (1892)
"THE mal de mer. To think that those worthy French and English people, who only
live twenty-one miles from each other, should not be able to exchange visits ..."
2. Differential diagnosis and treatment of disease: A Text-book for by Augustus Caillé (1905)
"MISCELLANEOUS AILMENTS SEASICKNESS (mal de mer) Sickness caused by the motion of
a boat, with its effect upon the brain and probably upon the semicircular ..."
3. The Royal Phraseological English-French, French-English Dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1845)
"m'nnt donné le mal de mer. SEA-SIDE, 9. bord de la mer, m. They are gone to —they
are at—the tea-side, ils sont allés sur le bord de la mer. ..."
4. Blackbird: A Story of Mackinac Islandby Edna Willa Sullivan Troop by Edna Willa Sullivan Troop (1907)
"Sincerely hoping the terrors of the English Channel and 'mal de mer' will not
prevent your visiting gay Paris before your return to America, I am with kind ..."
5. The Great Wet Way by Alan Dale (1909)
"\v mal de mer N land, people are not mortally ashamed of their ailments. They do
not hush up their colds, their head-aches, their tooth-aches, ..."
6. Getting to Paris: A Book of Practice in French Conversation by Francis Staton Williams (1875)
"Le moyen d'eviter le mal de mer est egalement sur et moins difficile a ...
On a essaye differents moyens d'empecher le mal de mer, et on a ordonne bien des ..."
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