sorochi

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sorochi (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of soroche
    • 1861, Sir Francis Galton, Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860[1], page 215:
      M——, who was not very well at starting, had been attacked by the sorochi at Apo.
    • 1905, Clements R. Markham, “Reginald Enock's journeys in Peru”, in The Geographical Journal[2], volume 25, page 627:
      Cisneros suffered from sorochi, but continued manfully upwards.
    • 1919 February, H. A. Barber, “The gold of the Incas”, in Travel[3], volume 32, number 4, page 7:
      Even trained athletes who make this journey are frequently compelled to return by special train on account of attacks of sorochi, or mountain sickness, which affects the heart
    • 1943, Paul Bert, Barometric pressure, page 52:
      I had been ill at Arequipa, so that I was probably predisposed to the attack of the sorochi, which affected me violently.

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