space sickness

space sickness

noun Pathology.
a complex of symptoms including nausea, lethargy, headache, and sweating, occurring among astronauts under conditions of weightlessness.

Origin:
1950–55
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space sickness
 
n
the nausea that people can experience in the gravity-free environment of space

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


space'sick' (spās'sĭk') adj.

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