mal de mer

noun mal de mer

• nausea — sickness at the stomach, especially when accompanied by a loathing for food and an involuntary impulse to vomit.
• seasickness — nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, resulting from the rocking or swaying motion of a vessel in which one is traveling at sea.
• airsickness — a feeling of nausea and dizziness, sometimes accompanied by vomiting, as a result of the motion of the aircraft in which one is traveling.
• queasier — inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
• dizziness — having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.