HyperDic: altitude_sickness

English > 1 sense of the expression altitude sickness:
NOUNstatealtitude sicknesseffects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes
English > altitude sickness: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningEffects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes.
Narrowermountain sicknessnausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet
Broaderhypoxiaoxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
Spanishmal de altura
Catalanmal d'alçada

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