mountain sickness

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Recent Examples of mountain sickness Use this after a night of one too many cocktails, or simply add to your in-flight water to prevent dehydration or mountain sickness. Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 4 July 2024 These researchers would like to pave the way to therapies for chronic mountain sickness, but first need to better define what living and working at this altitude does to human bodies. Stat Staff, STAT, 24 Dec. 2019 This is essential to avoid mountain sickness and other altitude-associated health issues such as pulmonary and cerebral diseases. Sadeesh K. Ramakrishnan, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2019 Nearly one in four residents suffers from chronic mountain sickness, a condition caused by a long-term lack of oxygen. Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 13 Sep. 2019 The constant oxygen deprivation can cause syndrome called chronic mountain sickness (CMS), whose hallmark is an excessive proliferation of red blood cells. Xing Liu, Science Magazine, 12 Sep. 2019 Altitude sickness, also called mountain sickness, is a term encompassing three distinct conditions that occur at high elevations. Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 20 Dec. 2018 After powering through unforgiving storms, hypothermia, and mountain sickness, the team completed the trek in 15 days and nine hours. National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain sickness
Noun
  • 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
  • This work shows promise for motion sickness interventions that do not rely on pharmaceuticals, which are currently used to combat these effects.
    Taylor Lonner, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One hiker died from hypothermia and altitude sickness and 213 others were evacuated from the rugged region since Sunday.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The man managed to communicate to his partner that he was lost, but was clearly suffering from altitude sickness.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Doctors prescribed thalidomide for morning sickness in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
    Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Before his diagnosis, Costa-Veiga suffered from symptoms including morning sickness, vomiting and balance issues for over a year.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025

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“Mountain sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20sickness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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