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noun
Synonym of motion sickness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Synonyms: motion sickness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: motion sickness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ailment, complaint, ill, nausea, sickness
Narrower terms: airsickness, air sickness, car sickness, seasickness, mal de mer, naupathia
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *keyh2-der. Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς (kī́nēsĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κῑνητῐκός (kīnētĭkós)der. English kineto- ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English kinetosis From kineto- + -osis.
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