| NOUN | state | altitude sickness | effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes |
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| Meaning | Effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes. | |
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| Narrower | mountain sickness | nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet |
| Broader | hypoxia | oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency |
| Spanish | mal de altura | |
| Catalan | mal d'alçada | |
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