Usually means: Reducing pressure or tension effectively.
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  1. decompressive: Collins English Dictionary
  2. decompressive: Wiktionary
  3. decompressive: Dictionary.com

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  1. decompressive: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (decompressive)

▸ adjective:  That decompresses.

Similar:
defusive, dissipative, deconjugating, disassociative, dissipatory, debrominating, disintegrating, ripping, inverting, extractive, more...

Opposite:
compressive, pressurized, compact, condensed, constricted

Phrases:
Decompressive craniectomy, more...

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Similar:
defusive, dissipative, deconjugating, disassociative, dissipatory, debrominating, disintegrating, ripping, inverting, extractive, more...

Opposite:
compressive, pressurized, compact, condensed, constricted

Phrases:
Decompressive craniectomy, more...



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