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airsickness

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airsickness: see motion sickness motion sickness, waves of nausea and vomiting experienced by some people, resulting from the sudden changes in movement of a vehicle. The ailment is also known as seasickness, car sickness, train sickness, airsickness, and swing sickness.
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airsickness [′er‚sik·nəs]
(medicine)
Motion sickness associated with flying due to the effects of acceleration.
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Motion sickness, including being airsick, is a feeling of nausea brought on by the movement of something in which you are situated, whether it is a plane, a car, a boat, or even riding on a horse Airsickness is fairly common, especially for people who infrequently fly Motion sickness, including being airsick, is a feeling of nausea brought on by the movement of something in which you are situated, whether it is a plane, a car, a boat, or even riding on a horse.
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In the early 1980s, the Air Force began the Air Sickness Management program to assist more than half of the student pilots who statistically encounter airsickness to some degree in their training.
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