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motion sickness

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motion sickness (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.
    Synonyms: kinesia, kinetosis, swing sickness
    Hyponyms: airsickness, barfogenesis, carsickness, cybersickness, seasickness, naupathia, trainsickness, travel sickness

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