sorochi

English

Noun

sorochi (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of soroche
   • 1861, Sir Francis Galton, Vacation tourists and notes of travel in 1860‎^[1], page 215:

     M——, who was not very well at starting, had been attacked by the sorochi at Apo.

   • 1905, Clements R. Markham, “Reginald Enock's journeys in Peru”, in The Geographical Journal‎^[2], volume 25, page 627:

     Cisneros suffered from sorochi, but continued manfully upwards.

   • 1919 February, H. A. Barber, “The gold of the Incas”, in Travel‎^[3], volume 32, number 4, page 7:

     Even trained athletes who make this journey are frequently compelled to return by special train on account of attacks of sorochi, or mountain sickness, which affects the heart

   • 1943, Paul Bert, Barometric pressure, page 52:

     I had been ill at Arequipa, so that I was probably predisposed to the attack of the sorochi, which affected me violently.

Anagrams

• isochor