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altitude sickness

DEFINITIONS OF: altitude sickness

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n effects (as nosebleed or nausea) of oxygen deficiency in the blood and tissues at high altitudes

Types:
mountain sickness
nausea and shortness of breath experienced by mountain climbers above ten thousand feet
Type of:
hypoxia
oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency
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