motion sickness

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Recent Examples of motion sickness Underestimating seasickness Even people who are not prone to motion sickness can be surprised by the full embrace of seasickness. Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025 Transitioning from one gravity to another, such as from earth's gravity to weightlessness, can affect spatial orientation, head-eye and hand-eye coordination, balance and locomotion, and may cause space motion sickness, according to NASA. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025 By stopping a boat’s roll stone cold, and therefore making a day on the water a pleasure for those who suffer motion sickness (that’s about a third of the population). Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025 Soldiers testing the initial versions of IVAS reported motion sickness, dizziness, and reliability concerns. Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for motion sickness
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motion sickness
Noun
  • Use this after a night of one too many cocktails, or simply add to your in-flight water to prevent dehydration or mountain sickness.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 4 July 2024
  • By Martin Enserink, Science Photography by Tom Bouyer, Expedition 5300 Journalist Martin Enserink journeyed high into the Andes to write about research into the effects of chronic mountain sickness — traveling, effectively, into thin air.
    STAT staff, STAT, 24 Dec. 2019
Noun
  • This may be due to morning sickness and diet preferences.2 Dietary sources of magnesium or supplements can help reduce these risks.
    Emmanuella Ogbonna, Health, 15 Apr. 2025
  • For many pregnant women, morning sickness is one of the toughest early symptoms to manage.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Studies have suggested that the odorless gas can protect vital organs from altitude sickness, while boosting the body’s production of erythropoietin, or EPO, the hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Fischer also died from exposure as he was said to have been overcome with severe altitude sickness.
    Samantha Stutsman, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Christie suffered from acute seasickness, unfortunate considering her trips to each continent were by ship.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Even so, seasickness bags appeared in stairwells and public areas.
    Heather Steinberger, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024

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“Motion sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motion%20sickness. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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