mountain sickness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In his defence, US Navy doctors said he had been suffering from acute mountain sickness at the time of the accident.
From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024
In the telling by Alkonis’ family and supporters, the naval officer abruptly lost consciousness in the car, causing him to slump over behind the wheel after suffering acute mountain sickness.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2022
The symptoms of acute mountain sickness include headache, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, and flulike malaise, and they can all occur without any physical exertion.
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2018
When I got to the top, I had mountain sickness, so I wasn’t thinking clearly,” Sean Turner said.
From Washington Times • Sep. 19, 2015
Patients suffering acutely with mountain sickness were placed inside this caisson, and on restoring the atmospheric pressure within it artificially all unfavorable symptoms—headache, high respiration and accelerated pulse—disappeared.
From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck
