单词 | mountain sickness |
释义 | > as lemmasmountain sickness mountain sickness n. = altitude sickness n. at altitude n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > environmental disorders > [noun] > atmospheric pressure puna1835 mountain sickness1848 soroche1878 caisson disease1883 the bends1894 altitude sickness1901 caisson sickness1911 decompression sickness1941 ebullism1956 1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India x. 351 The feelings of indisposition caused by the mountain sickness. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 456 The supposition,..of heart failure as a cause of mountain-sickness. 1922 Glasgow Herald 4 Jan. 4 In order to minimise the effects of soroche, or mountain sickness, on persons suffering from weak heart the company provides cars with compartments equipped with oxygen. 2000 Med. Post (Nexis) 10 Nov. The assumption is always that feeling unwell [on Everest] equals mountain sickness until proven otherwise. < as lemmas |
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