bioastronauticsn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊˌastrəˈnɔːtɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌæstrəˈnɔdɪks/ With singular agreement. The branch of science concerned with the physiological and psychological effects of space flight on living organisms, esp. human beings.
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bioastronautics1957
1957 N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Oct. 12/1 The third phase has a wholly new name, ‘bioastronautics’—the study of man's capabilities and needs, and the means of meeting those needs, for travel in outer space.
1964 Life 2 Oct. 112/2 Much will come from the intensive pursuit by earthbound laboratories of the infant sciences of bioastronautics and space medicine.
1987 Acta Astronautica 15 782/1 The committees..of the International Astronautical Federation would deal with such discrete functional areas as bioastronautics and propulsion.
2004 NSDL Scout Rep. for Physical Sci. (Electronic text) 14 May The research areas include bioastronautics, physical sciences, fundamental space biology, and space product development.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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