altitude sickness

altitude sickness

English

Noun

altitude sickness (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A pathological condition caused by oxygen deficiency at high altitudes; symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea, and nosebleed.

Synonyms

• apoxia
• mountain sickness

Translations

oxygen deficiency at high altitudes

Chinese: Mandarin: 高山症 (gāoshānzhèng), 高原反應, 高原反应 (gāoyuán fǎnyìng) Min Nan: 高山症 (ko san chèng) Finnish: vuoristotauti (fi) German: Höhenkrankheit (de) f Irish: tinneas sléibhe m Kyrgyz: түтөк (ky) (tütök)

Malay: mabuk gunung Nepali: please add this translation if you can Polish: choroba wysokościowa (pl) f Portuguese: mal das montanhas m, mal da montanha m, mal de montanha m, mal das alturas m, mal de altitude m, doença das alturas f, doença das montanhas f Quechua: suruqch'i Spanish: mal de montaña m, soroche m, puna (es) f Tibetan: ལ་དུག (la dug)