AEROSPACE MEDICINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aerospace medicine mean? 

• AEROSPACE MEDICINE (noun)
  The noun AEROSPACE MEDICINE has 1 sense:

1. the study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight)

  Familiarity information: AEROSPACE MEDICINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEROSPACE MEDICINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study and treatment of disorders associated with flight (especially with space flight)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

aeromedicine; aerospace medicine; aviation medicine

Hypernyms ("aerospace medicine" is a kind of...):

biomedicine (the branch of medical science that studies the ability of organisms to withstand environmental stress (as in space travel))