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altitude sickness
noun
Pathology.
- 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
- another name for mountain sickness
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of altitude sickness1
First recorded in 1915–20
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"I live about a mile away and regularly suffer from altitude sickness," said one.
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Their oxygen supply dwindled, producing a syndrome resembling altitude sickness, due to a miscalculation about photosynthesis.
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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.
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The only thing that really scared her about the climb was the possibility of altitude sickness.
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An official said most were poorly equipped, suffering hypothermia or altitude sickness.
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