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space sickness

noun

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


space sickness

noun

  1. the nausea that people can experience in the gravity-free environment of space


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Word History and Origins

Origin of space sickness1

First recorded in 1950–55

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