jet lag

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   fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel

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Questions about jet lag

What does jet lag mean?

jet lag means "fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rhythm as a result of jet travel".

Is jet lag a common word?

jet lag is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.