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mountain sickness

mountain sickness noun: altitude sickness.

Noun

mountain sickness (uncountable)

  1. Altitude sickness.
    • Mountain-sickness, with its nausea, first comes to those who are bilious, or to those who are hurrying or exerting themselves more than usual.1915 April, Enos A. Mills, “Going to the Top”, in The Rocky Mountain Wonderland, Houghton Mifflin, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10

mountain sickness meaning in Tamil and Kannada

mountain sickness in Tamil

மலைநோய்

mountain sickness in Kannada

ಬೆಟ್ಟ ನರಳಿಕೆ, ಬೆಟ್ಟ ಕುತ್ತ

Questions about mountain sickness

What does mountain sickness mean?
Mountain sickness means altitude sickness.
What is mountain sickness in Tamil?
Mountain sickness in Tamil is மலைநோய். See Mountain sickness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mountain sickness?
Mountain sickness is a noun.

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