Diseases

Space Motion Sickness

Disorder characterized by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness, possibly in response to vestibular disorientation or fluid shifts associated with space flight. (From Webster's New World Dictionary)

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Abstract

Disorder characterized by nausea, vomiting, and dizziness, possibly in response to vestibular disorientation or fluid shifts associated with space flight. (From Webster's New World Dictionary)

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Space Adaptation Syndrome
  • Adaptation Syndrome, Space
  • Motion Sickness, Space
  • Syndrome, Space Adaptation

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Aspects Covered

33 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Previous Indexing

  • Motion Sickness (1979-1994)
  • Space Flight (1979-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Space Motion Sickness. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018489. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018489
  2. Space Motion Sickness. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_adaptation_syndrome
  3. Space Motion Sickness. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1365937