motion sickness
noun
: sickness induced by motion (as in travel by air, car, or ship) and characterized by nausea
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Currently, about half of all astronauts experience motion sickness in orbit.
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
On both ends, a luxury car service was arranged — with specific instructions for the driver about Bread’s motion sickness.
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
So when a person takes, say, a high dose of the motion sickness drug scopolamine — which blocks the effects of acetylcholine — things start to go awry.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
These results mean that by tracking the capsule motion and projecting it on a headset for the astronauts inside, our team may be able to reduce debilitating motion sickness by roughly half.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
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Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
On both ends, a luxury car service was arranged — with specific instructions for the driver about Bread’s motion sickness.
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
So when a person takes, say, a high dose of the motion sickness drug scopolamine — which blocks the effects of acetylcholine — things start to go awry.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 22 Oct. 2025
These results mean that by tracking the capsule motion and projecting it on a headset for the astronauts inside, our team may be able to reduce debilitating motion sickness by roughly half.
—Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for motion sickness
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“Motion sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20sickness. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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