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View synonyms for altitude sickness

altitude sickness

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a condition affecting some persons at high altitudes, caused by insufficient oxygen in the blood and characterized by dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath.


altitude sickness

noun

  1. another name for mountain sickness
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of altitude sickness1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Example Sentences

Their oxygen supply dwindled, producing a syndrome resembling altitude sickness, due to a miscalculation about photosynthesis.

Lieutenant Alkonis’s family and supporters insisted that he had suffered from altitude sickness and been denied due process in a foreign court system that gave little weight to his guilty plea and repeated apologies.

The only thing that really scared her about the climb was the possibility of altitude sickness.

An official said most were poorly equipped, suffering hypothermia or altitude sickness.

From Reuters

Deaths are not uncommon, either from the snowslides, storms or altitude sickness.

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