space medicine
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- noun
- /speɪs ˈmɛdɪsɪn/
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medicina espacial
- Space medicine...
He taught in medical school for a bit, and he worked on space medicine, did all kinds of wild stuff.
- He taught in medical school for a bit, and he worked on space medicine, did all kinds of wild stuff.
Examples
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And in fact, even within the NASA hierarchy, I think at that point, it was still part of of space medicine, right, Crew medicine.
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He taught in medical school for a bit, and he worked on space medicine, did all kinds of wild stuff.
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Dozens of doctors, teachers, and scientists of all the new disciplines of space medicine.
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Experts in space medicine study the health effects of long-duration space flight on astronauts.
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The research conducted in space medicine helps improve the safety of human missions to Mars.
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NASA's space medicine program aims to monitor the physiological changes astronauts experience in microgravity.
Synonyms
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The study and care of health problems that happen during flying and space travel
The study and care of health problems caused by flying and space travel
Care and study of the health and safety of people during air and space flight
How Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'branch of medicine concerning human health in space' is directly derivable from combining 'space' (the cosmos/spaceflight context) with 'medicine' (the medical field). The noun-noun compound pattern 'X medicine' is productive and cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'sports medicine'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can reasonably infer the meaning.
Etymology
Space medicine began when doctors watched how bodies changed during the first trips into space and learned new ways to keep astronauts healthy without gravity. They joined space and medicine, so today space medicine means 'medical care and study for people during space travel'.