Aerial sickness
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A`e´ri`al sick´ness
| 1. | A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness. The nauseous symptoms similar to seasickness experienced by passengers in pressurized aircraft is called air sickness. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.