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seasickness

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sea·sick·ness  (sskns)
n.
Motion sickness resulting from the pitching and rolling of a ship or boat in water, especially at sea.
seasick adj.
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Noun1.seasickness - motion sickness experienced while traveling on water
mal de mer, naupathia
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
seasickness [ˈsiːsɪknɪs] N → mareo m (al estar en una embarcación)
seasickness [ˈsiːsɪknɪs] n → mal m de mer
seasickness [ˈsiːˌsɪknɪs] n → mal m di mare
seasickness [ˈsiːˌsɪknɪs] n → mal m di mare


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This young man asked a great many questions about seasickness before we left, and wanted to know what its characteristics were and how he was to tell when he had it.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
"And to think," said Musqueton, "that we have nothing to fight seasickness with but barley bread and hop beer.
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Her monstrosities in the way of cattle would have taken prizes at an agricultural fair, and the perilous pitching of her vessels would have produced seasickness in the most nautical observer, if the utter disregard to all known rules of shipbuilding and rigging had not convulsed him with laughter at the first glance.
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