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aeroneurosis

aeroneurosis noun: a disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.

Noun

aeroneurosis (countable and uncountable, plural aeroneuroses)

  1. A disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.
    • A pilot who is under par physically soon becomes a prey to aeroneurosis. He will dislike to take the air and may actually fear to leave the ground.1940 April, Stephen Bates, "Flight Surgeon," Popular Aviation, vol. 26, no. 4, p. 90 (Google preview)
    • By April 1943 the flight surgeons could detect a growing number of aeroneuroses among their aircrews. The strain of constant overwater flying rested particularly heavily upon the navigators, but it was severe for all air personnel.1983, Wesley Frank Craven, James Lea Cate, editors, The Army Air Forces in World War II, Volume Four, →ISBN, page 274

aeroneurosis meaning in Kannada

aeroneurosis in Kannada

ಮುಗಿಲ್ಬಗೆಬೇನೆ, ಗಾಳಿತೇರಾಳುಬೇನೆ

Forms of aeroneurosis

pluralaeroneuroses

Origin of aeroneurosis

From aero- + neurosis.

Questions about aeroneurosis

What does aeroneurosis mean?
Aeroneurosis means a disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.
What is aeroneurosis in Kannada?
Aeroneurosis in Kannada is ಮುಗಿಲ್ಬಗೆಬೇನೆ, ಗಾಳಿತೇರಾಳುಬೇನೆ. See Aeroneurosis meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is aeroneurosis?
Aeroneurosis is a noun.
What is the plural of aeroneurosis?
The plural of aeroneurosis is aeroneuroses.

Words near aeroneurosis in the dictionary

  1. aeronavigation
  2. aeronavigational
  3. aeronef
  4. aeronefs
  5. aeroneuroses
  6. aeroneurosis
  7. Aeronian
  8. aeronomer
  9. aeronomers
  10. aeronomic
  11. aeronomical

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