meteoropathy en · NOUN
Etymology
From meteoro- + -pathy.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A physical condition or symptom associated with weather conditions, such as humidity or temperature.
Symptoms of meteoropathy often occur 1-2 days before or after the arrival of the weather change, rather than at the time of the change itself.
2021, Mladjen Ćurić, Oliver Zafirovski, Vlado Spiridonov, Essentials of Medical Meteorology, page 94:Whereas meteoropathy is strictly individual, air-conditioning technology homogenizes indoor climates and contributes to the emergence of a monolithic global city culture and correspondingly standardized global urban somas. While meteoropathy illustrates the fragility of the natural body and its involuntary corresspondence with the elements, air conditioning is paradigmatic for climatic voluntarism and the formation of a cultural, normalized body ever more removed from the chaning natural weather forces that alter its feelings and behavior.
2019, Bodies in the Streets: The Somaesthetics of City Life, page 57:This study aimed to comprehensively review and analyze existing in vivo animal studies and human clinical trials investigating the effects of meteoropathy on health and its pharmacological treatment.
2023 June 14, Malvina Hoxha, Bruno Zappacosta, “Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge”, in Journal of Medicine and Life, volume 16, number 6, →DOI, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2025, pages 837-841:Symptoms of meteoropathy include headache, muscle pain, joint pain, general fatigue, weakness, discouragement, apathy, iritability, difficulty concentrating, and insomnia (or sleepiness).
2023, Colin R. Martin, Victor R. Preedy, Vinood B. Patel, Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence, page 1136:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| meteoropathies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
weather pains · meteoropathic · meteoropath · meteoropathology