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mountain sickness

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mountain sickness
n.
Altitude sickness brought on by the diminished oxygen pressure at mountain elevations.
mountain sickness
n
1. Also called altitude sickness (Medicine / Pathology) nausea, headache, and shortness of breath caused by climbing to high altitudes (usually above 12 000 ft.)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Veterinary Science) Vet science a disease of cattle kept at high altitude in S and N America, characterized by congestive heart failure
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Noun1.mountain sickness - nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet
altitude sickness - effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes


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Now he would circle over the Hudson and East River; now he would go up high, as if to peer away into the blue distances; once he ascended so swiftly and so far that mountain sickness overtook him and the crew and forced him down again; and Bert shared the dizziness and nausea.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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