Definition of Seasickness

1. Noun. Motion sickness experienced while traveling on water.

Exact synonyms: Mal De Mer, Naupathia
Generic synonyms: Kinetosis, Motion Sickness
Derivative terms: Seasick

Definition of Seasickness

1. n. The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

Definition of Seasickness

1. Noun. Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seasickness

1. [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Seasickness

1. A form of motion sickness caused by the motion of a floating platform, such as a ship, boat, or raft. Synonym: mal de mer, naupathia, vomitus marinus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seasickness

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seascape
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seascout
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seashore
seashore mallow
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seasicknesses
seaside
seaside alder
seaside centaury
seaside daisy
seaside goldenrod
seaside mahoe
seaside resort
seaside resorts
seaside scrub oak
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Literary usage of Seasickness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association, Arthur Joseph Cramp (1912)
"The report follows: "Brush's Remedy for Seasickness" is sold in five-ounce bottles in which are blown the name and the use of the preparation. ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"Certain patients under this treatment feel no symptoms of seasickness and are able to eat with gusto and to go about the deck at will; ..."

3. Nostrums and Quackery: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery Reprinted by American Medical Association (1912)
"The report follows: "Brush's Remedy for Seasickness" is sold in five-ounce bottles in which are blown the name and the use of the preparation. ..."

4. Naval Hygiene by James Chambers Pryor (1918)
"Its obscure etiology has led to much speculation concerning the production of seasickness. It has been held to be due to disturbances in the semicircular ..."

5. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1896)
"THE literature of seasickness relating both to pathology and treatment is so extensive and so comprehensive that there is, I apprehend, nothing new to be ..."

6. Practical Homeopathic Therapeutics by Willis Alonzo Dewey (1901)
"Seasickness. Petroleum. This is by all odds the most frequently indicated remedy ... This is perhaps one of the oldest homoeopathic remedies in seasickness. ..."

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