Motion Sickness

Definition: Motion Sickness

Motion Sickness

Noun

1. The state of being dizzy or nauseated because of the motions that occur while traveling in or on a moving vehicle.

Specialty Definition: Motion Sickness

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	The syndrome of pallor, sweating, nausea, and vomiting which is induced by unusual accelerations. (references)
Health	Sickness caused by motion, as sea sickness, train sickness, car sickness, and air sickness. (references)
Medicine	The syndrome of pallor, nausea, weakness, and malaise which may progress to vomiting and incapacitation, caused by the stimulation of the semi-circular canals during travel or motion as on a boat, plane, swing, etc. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Motion sickness

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Motion sickness, also called seasickness, carsickness, or airsickness depending on what one has been traveling in, is a condition in which the endolymph (the fluid found in the semicircular canals of the inner ears) becomes 'stirred up', causing confusion between the difference between apparent perceived movement (none or very little), and actual movement. It can result from lying in the berth of a rolling boat without being able to see the outside. Nausea is the most common and unpleasant symptom of motion sickness; in fact, nausea in Greek means seasickness (naus=ship).

Sudden jerky movements tend to be worse for provoking motion sickness than slower smooth ones, because they disrupt the fluid balance more. A 'corkscrewing' boat will upset more people than one that is gliding smoothly across the oncoming waves, and cars driving rapidly around winding roads or up and down a series of hills. Looking down into your lap to consult a map or attempting to read a book while a passenger in a car is another common cause of motion sickness.

Many 'cures' and preventatives for motion sickness have been proposed at various times. One which is both practical and effective is to simply look out of the window of the moving vehicle and to gaze into the distance towards the horizon in the direction in which you are moving. This helps to re-orient your inner sense of balance by reaffirming to your inner ear that yes you actually ARE moving. Fresh air blowing on your face can also be a relief.

Other cures for motion sickness rely on medication. Over-the-counter and prescription medications are readily available, eg. dramamine. Ginger is a mild anti-emetic and sucking on crystalised ginger or sipping ginger tea can help to relieve the nausea.

Astronauts suffer a form of motion sickness called space sickness (or space adaption sickness), caused by the lack of gravity disturbing their sense of balance and the endolymph fluid in their inner ear.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Motion sickness."

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Synonym: Motion Sickness

Synonym: kinetosis (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Motion Sickness

English words defined with "motion sickness": air sickness, airsick, airsickness, Antivert, Atarax ♦ Benadryl ♦ car sickness, carsick ♦ dimenhydrinate, diphenhydramine, Dramamine ♦ hydroxyzine, hydroxyzine hydrochloride ♦ mal de mer, meclizine, meclizine hydrochloride ♦ naupathia ♦ Phenergan, promethazine ♦ seasick, seasickness ♦ Vistaril. (references)

Specialty definitions using "motion sickness": canal sickness ♦ Histamine H1 Antagonists ♦ motion sickness incidence. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Motion Sickness

Domain	Title
Books	Motion sickness (reference) Motion Sickness (Masks) (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Motion Sickness (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Motion Sickness

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Other reported triggers include eating certain foods (such as chocolate or cheese), eating too much, or eating just before going to bed. Hot weather, physical exhaustion, menstruation, and motion sickness can also trigger episodes. (references)
		A conflict of signals to the brain about the sensation of movement can cause motion sickness (for instance, when an individual tries to read while riding in a car). Some symptoms of motion sickness are dizziness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and generalized discomfort. (references)
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Expressions: Motion Sickness

Expressions using "motion sickness": motion sickness incidence ♦ Space Motion Sickness. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Motion Sickness

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
motion sickness	337	motion sickness treatment	4
motion sickness patch	25	motion sickness wristbands	4
motion sickness medication	18	child motion sickness	4
motion sickness medicine	17	prevent motion sickness	3
motion sickness remedy	14	motion sickness in child	3
motion sickness bracelet	12	bag motion sickness	3
ginger motion sickness	12	reliefband motion sickness	3
motion sickness pill	11	motion sickness relief	3
motion sickness band	11	dog in motion sickness	3
motion sickness cure	10	cat motion sickness	2
dog motion sickness	9	motion sickness symptom	2
motion sickness wrist band	7	device motion sickness	2
motion sickness prevention	7	motion sickness watch	2
cause of motion sickness	6	motion sickness natural remedy	2
motion sickness relief band	6	cruise motion sickness	2
motion sickness drug	5
		cruise motion sickness	2
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Modern Translation: Motion Sickness

Language		Translations for "motion sickness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		transportsyge (car-sickness, kinetosis). (various references)

Dutch		kinetosis (kinetosis), kinetose (kinetosis), bewegingsziekte (kinetosis). (various references)

Finnish		matkapahoinvointitapausten insidenssi (motion sickness incidence), matkapahoinvointitapausten ilmaantuvuus (motion sickness incidence). (various references)

French		mal des transports, mal des mouvements, cinétose. (various references)

German		Verkehrsmittelkrankheit (kinetosis), Reisekrankheit (travel sickness), Kinetose (air sickness, car sickness, kinetosis), Bewegungskrankheit (kinetosis), Bewegungkrankheit. (various references)

Greek		νόσος των κινήσεων (kinetosis), νόσος των συγκοινωνιών (kinetosis), οποιαδήποτε ανωμαλία προκαλούμενη από τις κινήσεις (kinetosis). (various references)

Hungarian		mozgásszervi betegség. (various references)

Italian		male dei trasporti (kinetosis), cinepatia (kinetosis), chinetosi (kinetosis). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 速度病 , 乗物�"い , 乗り物�"い . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		のりものよい, かそくどびょう. (various references)

Pig Latin		otionmay icknesssay

Portuguese		enjôo (nausea, qualm, queasiness, satiety, scunner, seasickness), cinetose (kinetosis). (various references)

Spanish		cinetosis (kinetosis). (various references)

Swedish		åksjuka (motin sickness). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Motion Sickness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-k-m-n-n-o-o-s-s-s-t"
	-4 letters: economists, omniscient, scientisms, snootiness, stickiness, stockiness.
	-5 letters: coonskins, economist, emissions, inkstones, isonomies, isosmotic, mistiness, moistness, monitions, nicotines, noisiness, noontimes, omissions, scientism, semiotics, semitonic, simonists, skinniest, smokiness, sootiness, stoicisms, stoniness, tokenisms.
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