winter-over syndrome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From being a syndrome suffered by personnel who winter-over (stay for the long polar night) in polar research stations, isolated from the rest of the world.
Noun[edit]
winter-over syndrome (plural winter-over syndromes)
- a variety of behavioral and medical disturbances, including irritability, depression, insomnia and irritable bowel syndrome, polar T3 syndrome, Antarctic stare