altitude sickness

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altitude sickness

A collection of symptoms, including shortness of breath, headache, and nosebleed, brought on by decreased oxygen in the atmosphere, such as that encountered at high altitudes.

altitude sickness

(Medicine / Pathology) another name for mountain sickness

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altitude sickness - effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes

hypoxia - oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency

mountain sickness - nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet

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