carsickness
Road trip malady
Carsickness is nausea and discomfort caused by the motion of riding in a vehicle.
It results from a mismatch between what the eyes see and what the inner ear senses.
Children are particularly susceptible.
She always got carsickness on winding mountain roads.
The adjective is carsick.
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- headacheCranial pain
sweating · pallor · fatigue · retching · gagging · lightheadedness · malaise · salivation
Vehicle's rearward passenger area
- readingInterpreting written text
- screensDisplays or filters
- exhaust fumesCombustion gases from engines
- winding roadsCurved driving routes
stop-and-go · poor ventilation · phone · book · tablet · heat · odors · heavy traffic
Pungent culinary rhizome
- DramamineAnti-nausea travel medication
- wristbandBand encircling the arm
- fresh airUnenclosed outdoor atmosphere
- windowGlass-fitted wall opening
horizon · front seat · breaks · acupressure · peppermint · antihistamine · medication · Bonine
Change in position
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- winding roadsCurved driving routes
- curvesBends in a line
- stop-and-goRepeatedly pausing and resuming
braking · turns · sway · vibration · bumps · jolting · momentum · deceleration
nausea
Pre-vomiting stomach discomfort
- queasinessMild stomach disturbance
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
headache · sweating · pallor · fatigue · retching · gagging · lightheadedness · malaise · salivation · weakness
backseat
Vehicle's rearward passenger area
- readingInterpreting written text
- screensDisplays or filters
- exhaust fumesCombustion gases from engines
winding roads · stop-and-go · poor ventilation · phone · book · tablet · heat · odors · heavy traffic · mountain roads
ginger
Pungent culinary rhizome
- DramamineAnti-nausea travel medication
- wristbandBand encircling the arm
- fresh airUnenclosed outdoor atmosphere
window · horizon · front seat · breaks · acupressure · peppermint · antihistamine · medication · Bonine · scopolamine
movement
Change in position
- accelerationRate velocity changes
- winding roadsCurved driving routes
- curvesBends in a line
stop-and-go · braking · turns · sway · vibration · bumps · jolting · momentum · deceleration · twisting
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
- dizzySensation of spinning
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- restlessnessState of unease
irritability · distress · agitation · anxiety · dread · misery · suffering · overwhelm · disquiet · sensitivity
- nauseaqueasiness, queasy feeling, queasy stomach, upset stomach, stomach churning
- travel discomfortjet lag, no legroom, turbulence, ear pressure, ear popping
- travel woesjet lag, homesickness, lost luggage, flight delay, travel delay
- dizzinessdizziness, dizzy spell, lightheadedness, vertigo, wooziness
- travel ailmentsjet lag, traveler's diarrhea, Delhi belly, DVT, deep vein thrombosis
- Stomach Sensationshunger, nausea, fullness, cramps, bloating
carsicknessseasickness
Nausea from boat motion
airsickness · train sickness · space sickness · motion sickness · cybersickness
sick, illness, sickness, carriage, carsick, seasickness, motion sickness, cardiac, airsickness