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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.
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Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 4 July 2024
By Martin Enserink, Science Photography by Tom Bouyer, Expedition 5300
Journalist Martin Enserink journeyed high into the Andes to write about research into the effects of chronic mountain sickness — traveling, effectively, into thin air.
—Stat Staff, STAT, 24 Dec. 2019
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
Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 4 July 2024
By Martin Enserink, Science Photography by Tom Bouyer, Expedition 5300
Journalist Martin Enserink journeyed high into the Andes to write about research into the effects of chronic mountain sickness — traveling, effectively, into thin air.
—Stat Staff, STAT, 24 Dec. 2019
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
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Rioux doesn’t enjoy boats or anything else that can cause motion sickness.—
Mark Long,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2025
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Underestimating seasickness Even people who are not prone to motion sickness can be surprised by the full embrace of seasickness.—
Kaitlyn McInnis,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Fischer also died from exposure as he was said to have been overcome with severe altitude sickness.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Ibuprofen Ibuprofen can also be taken to prevent altitude sickness.—
Ross Phan, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BCPS,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their mothers, on doctors’ orders, had taken thalidomide during pregnancy to stop morning sickness.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harper's Magazine,
30 Mar. 2024
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The numbers made the Corby scandal the biggest child poisoning case since thalidomide, a drug that was marketed in the 1950s and '60s as a treatment for morning sickness and insomnia.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Mountain sickness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mountain%20sickness. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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