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View synonyms for mountain sickness
mountain sickness
mountain sickness
noun
- Also calledaltitude sickness nausea, headache, and shortness of breath caused by climbing to high altitudes (usually above 12 000 ft)
- vet science a disease of cattle kept at high altitude in S and N America, characterized by congestive heart failure
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mountain sickness1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Meantime my mountain sickness tuned up something fierce, and I sat down on a big rock to wait for it to ease down.
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And how will I manage to tow along this lump of a Pinocchio who is half dead with mountain-sickness?
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The altitude of the rim of the canyon was 16,000 feet; the mules showed signs of acute distress from mountain sickness.
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The severity of mountain-sickness differs greatly in different localities, apparently not depending entirely on the altitude.
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"It's the soroche, the mountain-sickness," explained Professor Ditson.
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