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单词 airsickness
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airsicknessn.

Brit. /ˈɛːˌsɪknᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɛrˌsɪknᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: air n.1, sickness n.
Etymology: < air n.1 + sickness n., after seasickness n. Compare slightly later airsick adj.
Nausea caused by the motion of an aircraft. Cf. seasickness n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea > types of nausea
heartsickness1614
seasickness1625
sea-distempera1641
nausea1771
mal de mer1778
airsickness1784
morning sickness1844
pregnancy sickness1864
carsickness1867
trainsickness1876
motion sickness1881
travel sickness1900
space sickness1912
1784 H. Walpole in Bk. of Days (1863) I. 325 If there is no air-sickness..I would prefer a balloon to the packet boat.
1862 Littell's Living Age 1 Nov. 237/2 Something more than air-sickness has to be encountered by those who attempt the loftiest ascents.
1908 H. G. Wells War in Air vii. §2 For a time he was not a human being, he was a case of air-sickness.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) I. 696/1 Aviation medicine comprises diagnosis and treatment of problems like decompression illness, anoxia, and air sickness.
1994 T. Clancy Debt of Honor xxviii. 440 The kid had the makings of a good student..even if he'd left service in P-3s because of chronic airsickness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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