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seasickness
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seasickness /sea·sick·ness/ (se´sik-nes) motion sickness malaise caused by the motion of a ship.
sea·sick·ness (sskns)
n.
Motion sickness resulting from the pitching and rolling of a ship or boat in water, especially at sea. Also called mal de mer.

seasickness,
a form of kinesia caused by traveling on an ocean or the sea. Also called mal de mer. Compare air sickness, car sickness. See also kinesia.

seasickness
Neurology A type of motion sickness–type C, which occurs in susceptible persons subjected to the rock & roll of a ship at sea. See Motion sickness.


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