altitude sickness

illness resulting from the oxygen deficiency experienced at high altitudes (see hypoxia). Symptoms include nausea, breathlessness, nosebleed, and impaired mental processes. Also called Acosta’s syndrome; D’Acosta’s syndrome; hypobaropathy; mountain-climber’s syndrome; mountain sickness. See also acute mountain sickness.

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September 8th 2024

alpha biofeedback

see alpha-wave training.