morning sickness
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈmɔrnɪŋ ˈsɪk.nəs/
:
náuseas matutinas
- Soon I would know about this: morning sickness, fatigue, swollen ankles.
- get morning sickness
- bad morning sickness
- bout of morning sickness
We're most likely to hear about ginger's benefits for nausea, particularly morning sickness.
- We're most likely to hear about ginger's benefits for nausea, particularly morning sickness.
- You can do a bone broth powder or a bone broth liquid, but a bone broth soup is one of the best things you could do to help avoid morning sickness.
Examples
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Also, congratulations, and I'm glad your morning sickness is settling down so you can eat.
Blog text (3) -
And so we were there and around the five week mark, morning sickness hit me and it hit me hard.
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It's all good though, morning sickness was part of the deal.
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The worst bit about being pregnant is the morning sickness.
Fiction book (1997) -
I had what I thought was severe morning sickness, lasting all day, every day.
Blog text (19) -
I'm already beginning to have morning sickness, and I've got to be well enough to work.
Fiction book (1992) -
Danielle is already experiencing severe morning sickness symptoms and a loss of appetite.
Blog text (24) -
Most of us would be fine: a little morning sickness, indigestion, varicose veins.
Fiction book (2001) -
I mean, morning sickness, muscle cramps, swollen feet, backaches, mood swings, breakouts of acne, and tender nipples.
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During her first trimester, she experienced severe morning sickness that made it difficult to eat.
Synonyms
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3.0
A sick feeling in your stomach that makes you want to vomit
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4.4
A feeling of sickness in the stomach that makes you want to throw up
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is transparently compositional: 'morning' (time of day) modifies 'sickness' (nausea), so the phrase denotes sickness that occurs in the morning. This pattern (time-word + illness) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning (even if they might not immediately know the pregnancy-specific association).
Etymology
Morning sickness comes from the simple image of pregnant women feeling sick in the morning when they wake up. Because this sickness often happens in early pregnancy, the phrase now means 'feeling sick and throwing up during early pregnancy'.