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jet lag

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A temporary disruption of bodily rhythms caused by high-speed travel across several time zones typically in a jet aircraft.

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  • noun A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

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synonyms (24)

Words with the same meaning

  1. Minamata disease
  2. altitude sickness
  3. anoxemia
  4. anoxia
  5. anoxic anoxia
  6. anthrax
  7. black lung
  8. caisson disease
  9. chilblain
  10. decompression sickness
  11. frostbite
  12. immersion foot
  13. itai
  14. jet syndrome
  15. lead poisoning
  16. mercury poisoning
  17. motion sickness
  18. pneumoconiosis
  19. radiation sickness
  20. radionecrosis
  21. red-out
  22. sunstroke
  23. the bends
  24. trench foot

hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. fatigue
  2. tiredness
  3. weariness

relateds (1)

relateds

  1. jet-lagged

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