Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

motion sickness

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
mo-tion sick-ness
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

motion sickness bag

Synonyms

kinesia kinetosis swing sickness

Questions

What does motion sickness mean?
A feeling of nausea or dizziness caused by a disagreement between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement; typically resulting from travel in a vehicle such as a ship or car.

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