sea sickness

  • 31Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936 — Infobox ILO convention code= C57 name= Hours of Work and Manning (Sea) Convention, 1936 adopt= November 24, 1936 force= none classify= Conditions of Work subject= Seafarers prev= Sickness Insurance (Sea) Convention, 1936 next= Minimum Age (Sea)… …

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  • 32motion sickness — travel sickness nausea, vomiting, and headache caused by motion during travel by sea, road, or air. The symptoms are due to overstimulation of the balance organs in the inner ear by repeated small changes in the position of the body and are… …

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  • 33The Waterless Sea — Infobox Book | name = The Waterless Sea title orig = translator = image caption = Cover art for The Waterless Sea author = Kate Constable illustrator = cover artist = Matt Manley country = Australia language = English series = The Chanters of… …

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  • 34Green sickness — Green Green (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Greener} (gr[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr[ u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr[ o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1.… …

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  • 35Heart sickness — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

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  • 36decompression sickness — decom pression .sickness n [U] a dangerous medical condition that people get when they come up from deep under the sea too quickly = ↑the bends …

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  • 37altitude sickness — mountain sickness the condition that results from unaccustomed exposure to a high altitude (4500 m or more above sea level). Reduced atmospheric pressure and shortage of oxygen cause deep rapid breathing (hyperventilation), which lowers the… …

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  • 38decompression sickness — ☆ decompression sickness n. a condition caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood or body tissues as the result of a sudden lowering of atmospheric pressure, as in deep sea divers, astronauts, and pilots ascending too quickly: it… …

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  • 39Green sea — Green Green (gr[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Greener} (gr[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Greenest.}] [OE. grene, AS. gr[=e]ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr[=o]ni, OHG. gruoni, G. gr[ u]n, Dan. & Sw. gr[ o]n, Icel. gr[ae]nn; fr. the root of E. grow. See {Grow.}] 1.… …

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  • 40Journey from Bohemia to the Holy Land, by way of Venice and the Sea — is a voyages book written by Kryštof Harant, a Bohemian nobleman and published in 1608. The complete title transliterated into modern Czech is: Cesta z Království Českého do Benátek, odtud do země Svaté, země Judské a dále do Egypta, a potom na… …

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