Space Sickness

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space sickness

Motion sickness caused by sustained weightlessness during space flight, usually accompanied by disturbance of the inner ear.

spacesick (sp

) adj.

space sickness.

See air sickness.

Space Adaptation Syndrome

The constellation of effects of space travel on human physiology, especially motion sickness; prolonged space flight is associated with osteoporosis, disuse muscle atrophy, growth of 5+ cm in space, related to low gravity, and may be punctuated by inconvenience—e.g., failure of waste management systems

space sickness

Space adaptation syndrome, see there

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