seasickness
nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
Origin of seasickness
1- Compare motion sickness.
Words Nearby seasickness
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How to use seasickness in a sentence
The last two major categories were seasickness, which affected less than half of the rowers, and gastrointestinal problems, which affected about a quarter of the subjects.
Noise, although an auditory phenomenon, is strangely related to seasickness, a result of the odd conjoining of the auditory and vestibular systems.
It can get mighty windy out here, which creates chop, so anyone prone to seasickness might consider popping Dramamine before boarding.
The Ultimate Channel Islands National Park Travel Guide | Shawnté Salabert | June 23, 2021 | Outside OnlineNor is seasickness an issue, because of the wonder-drug Meclizine, sold as Sea Calm.
In Defense of Cruises: Ignore the Carnival Sewage Disaster | Andrew Roberts | February 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut everything I read said women like me, who got seasickness, altitude sickness, motion sickness, were more likely to suffer HG.
Prue Clarke on Her Battles With Kate Middleton’s Illness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum | Prue Clarke | December 5, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
And there, to be frank, she forgot her fright in as bitter a tribute of seasickness as even the channel has ever exacted.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartThe voyager embarks, and is in all probability confined to his cabin, suffering under the dreadful protraction of seasickness.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatI do not know whether it was the result of seasickness, or what it was, but everything in Hati looked crooked.
Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill StarrNeither would suffer further from seasickness, they felt sure.
The Iron Boys on the Ore Boats | James R. MearsHe was weak and wretched with long seasickness and loss of sleep, and staggered as he walked along the wharf like a drunken man.
Sevenoaks | J. G. Holland
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