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motion sickness

noun

, Pathology.

a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from stimulation by motion of the semicircular canals of the ear during travel by car, plane, etc.

motion sickness

the state or condition of being dizzy or nauseous from riding in a moving vehicle

First recorded in 1940–45

This is important, because early VR headsets (including prototypes of the Oculus Rift) would make users feel motion sickness.

But everything I read said women like me, who got seasickness, altitude sickness, motion sickness, were more likely to suffer HG.

They figured that filling me full of motion sickness pills was partial prevention.

The ground still shook under his feet, and his insides were producing the queasy symptoms of motion sickness.

If he is nauseous, give him "motion sickness tablets," if available.

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