Seasickness

Seasickness
Seasickness Sea"sick`ness, n. The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel. [1913 Webster]

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  • seasickness — noun Date: 1613 motion sickness experienced on the water …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • seasickness — /see sik nis/, n. nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea. Cf. motion sickness. [1615 25; SEA + SICKNESS] * * * …   Universalium

  • seasickness — noun A feeling of nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness …   Wiktionary

  • seasickness — A form of motion sickness caused by the motion of a floating platform, such as a ship, boat, or raft. SYN: mal de mer, naupathia, vomitus marinus. * * * sea·sick·ness nəs n motion sickness experienced on the water called also …   Medical dictionary

  • seasickness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. mal de mer, naupathia; nausea, queasiness, qualm. See disease. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. motion sickness, queasiness. see nausea …   English dictionary for students

  • seasickness — n. motion sickness caused by the rocking motion of a boat at sea …   English contemporary dictionary

  • seasickness — sea·sick·ness …   English syllables

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