Definition: That branch of medicine dealing with the studies and effects of flight through the atmosphere or in space upon the human body and with the prevention or cure of physiological or psychological malfunctions arising from these effects. (from NASA Thesaurus)
specialty; med, physiol or psychol aspects of AVIATION go here but med, physiol or psychol aspects of space flight go under SPACE FLIGHT or other space related terms: Manual 28.8; DF: AEROSPACE MED
See AlsoAccidents, Aviation; Altitude; Decompression Sickness; Space Flight
Other names Space Medicine; Aviation Medicine; Medicine, Space; Medicine, Aviation; Medicine, Aerospace
