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railroad sickness

railroad sickness noun: synonym of transport tetany.

Noun

railroad sickness (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of transport tetany.
  2. Synonym of motion sickness.
    Synonyms:
    motion sickness
  3. (obsolete) A condition of fatigue, irritability, etc. said to have been caused by travelling on the new railways and seeing objects pass at high speed.

Synonyms of railroad sickness

Questions about railroad sickness

What does railroad sickness mean?
Railroad sickness means synonym of transport tetany.
What part of speech is railroad sickness?
Railroad sickness is a noun.

Words near railroad sickness in the dictionary

  1. railroad engineer
  2. railroad engineers
  3. railroad gun
  4. railroad guns
  5. railroad line
  6. railroad sickness
  7. railroad spike
  8. railroad spikes
  9. railroad station
  10. railroad stations
  11. railroad stripe

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