Kinetosis

Japanese: kinetosis
Kinetosis

...A transient syndrome accompanied by dizziness, nausea, etc., that occurs when riding on a boat. Similar symptoms occur when riding on a shaky vehicle such as a car, train, or amusement park ride, and all of these are treated as motion sickness. Motion sickness is also called acceleration sickness or motion sickness.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "kinetosis" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…船に乗ったときに起こる,めまい,吐き気などを伴う一過性の症候群。同じような症状は自動車や列車,遊園地の乗物など,動揺する乗物に乗ったときにも起こり,これらを含めて,乗物酔いkinetosisとして一括して扱われる。 乗物酔いは加速度病,動揺病ともいう。…

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