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space sickness
(redirected from Space adaptation syndrome)

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

spacesick (spssk) adj.

space sickness
n
(Medicine / Pathology) (Astronautics) the nausea that people can experience in the gravity-free environment of space


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Originally designed to help with space adaptation syndrome, a condition similar to motion sickness, the technology now serves as a treatment for stress-related disorders (see Techwatch July 2003).
The technology, which was initially designed to help with space adaptation syndrome (similar to motion sickness), is being examined as a possible treatment for anxiety, nausea, and other stress-related disorders.
 
 
 
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