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jet lag
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Jet lag , medically referred to as desynchronosis and rarely as circadian dysrhythmia , is a physiological condition which results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms resulting from rapid long-distance trans-meridian (east–west or west–east) ...
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n. A physical condition caused by crossing time zones during flight; often the result of disruption to the circadian rhythms of the body.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also jetlag , 1966, from jet (n.2) + lag (n.). Also known in early days as time zone syndrome .
Usage examples of jet lag.
Hypersonic aircraft could cross half the globe in two hours, but the human passengers they carried suffered from jet lag all the same.
Electric motors don't make much noise, he told himself, trying to fight off the jet lag.
The air is thick with the smells of tobacco, brewer's yeast, and melatonin spray: Half the dotters are nursing monster jet lag hangovers, and the other half are babbling a Eurotrash creole at each other while they work on the hangover.