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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The scientific study of how conditions during space flight and in the extraterrestrial environment, especially in reduced gravity, affect living organisms.

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  • noun biology Any of various biological sciences that deal with living things in a space environment

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  • noun the branch of biology concerned with the effects of outer space on living organisms and the search for extraterrestrial life

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