different between seasickness vs naupathia

seasickness

English

Alternative forms

  • sea-sickness, sea sickness

Etymology

From seasick +? -ness and/or sea +? sickness. Compare Middle English seknesse of the see (seasickness, literally sickness of the sea).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?si?s?k.n?s/

Noun

seasickness (usually uncountable, plural seasicknesses)

  1. Nausea, dizziness etc caused by the motion of a ship; a form of motion sickness.

Hypernyms

  • motion sickness

Coordinate terms

  • airsickness
  • carsickness
  • trainsickness

Translations

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naupathia

English

Etymology

From Greek ???? (naus) ‘ship’ and ????? (pathos) ‘suffering’.

Noun

naupathia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) seasickness

Related terms

  • naupathic

Translations

naupathia From the web:

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