balloon sickness
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sickness — SYN: disease (1). acute African sleeping s. SYN: Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. aerial s. SYN: altitude s.. African sleeping s. Gambian trypanosomiasis, Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. air s. a form of motion s. caused by flying in an airplane. altitude s … Medical dictionary
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Anoxaemia — An ox*[ae] mi*a, emia e mi*a ([a^]n [o^]ks*[=e] m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.; Gr. an priv. + oxygen + Gr. ? blood.] (Med.) An abnormal condition due to deficient a[ e]ration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. {An ox*[ae] mic}, { e… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Anoxaemic — Anoxaemia An ox*[ae] mi*a, emia e mi*a ([a^]n [o^]ks*[=e] m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.; Gr. an priv. + oxygen + Gr. ? blood.] (Med.) An abnormal condition due to deficient a[ e]ration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. {An ox*[ae]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-emia — Anoxaemia An ox*[ae] mi*a, emia e mi*a ([a^]n [o^]ks*[=e] m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.; Gr. an priv. + oxygen + Gr. ? blood.] (Med.) An abnormal condition due to deficient a[ e]ration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. {An ox*[ae]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-emic — Anoxaemia An ox*[ae] mi*a, emia e mi*a ([a^]n [o^]ks*[=e] m[i^]*[.a]), n. [NL.; Gr. an priv. + oxygen + Gr. ? blood.] (Med.) An abnormal condition due to deficient a[ e]ration of the blood, as in balloon sickness, mountain sickness. {An ox*[ae]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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