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Origin of mountain sickness

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby mountain sickness

mountain oyster, mountain range, mountain rosebay, mountain sandwort, mountain sheep, mountain sickness, mountainside, Mountain Standard Time, Mountain State, mountain system, Mountain time

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How to use mountain sickness in a sentence

Ascending too quickly increases the chances of altitude-related illnesses, like acute mountain sickness, with symptoms that include headache, nausea, dizziness, and shortness of breath.
Tanzania Approves a Cable Car on Kilimanjaro|Stephanie Vermillion|February 14, 2021|Outside Online
Meantime my mountain sickness tuned up something fierce, and I sat down on a big rock to wait for it to ease down.
The Red One|Jack London
And how will I manage to tow along this lump of a Pinocchio who is half dead with mountain-sickness?
The Heart of Pinocchio|Collodi Nipote
The altitude of the rim of the canyon was 16,000 feet; the mules showed signs of acute distress from mountain sickness.
Inca Land|Hiram Bingham

The severity of mountain-sickness differs greatly in different localities, apparently not depending entirely on the altitude.
Inca Land|Hiram Bingham
"It's the soroche, the mountain-sickness," explained Professor Ditson.
The Inca Emerald|Samuel Scoville

British Dictionary definitions for mountain sickness

mountain sickness

noun

Also called: altitude sickness nausea, headache, and shortness of breath caused by climbing to high altitudes (usually above 12 000 ft)

vet science a disease of cattle kept at high altitude in S and N America, characterized by congestive heart failure

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