mal de mer
Americannoun
noun
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Although the company shies from medical claims, French doctors often prescribe Perrier for mal de mer and morning sickness.
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The viewer must share their turmoil�feel vertigo or mal de mer.
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Dr. Desnoes has been having the company ship-doctors gather data on the malady, known also as mal de mer and nausea marma, to which most people, even sailors, are subject.
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The filming, some of which took place off the coast of Barcelona, caused some seasickness problems among the moviemakers, but Dunaway seemed to have had more worries about costuming than mal de mer.
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With scarce a ripple on the water, even those who have no confidence whatever in their sea-going capabilities can feel no terror of mal de mer.
From Belles and Ringers by Smart, Hawley
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