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Air´ sick´ness

A vomiting or nauseous feeling similar to seasickness experienced by passengers in aircraft; - it is caused by motion and distinguished from the effects of low air pressure, as it may also occur in the pressurized cabins of large aircraft.

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Noun

air sickness - motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)

airsickness

kinetosis, motion sickness - the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle

Translations

air sickness n → mal m d'aria

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