Definitions from Wiktionary (decompression sickness)
▸ noun: (pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.
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▸ noun: (pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.
Similar:
caisson disease,
air embolism,
aeroembolism,
bends,
dysbarism,
aeroemphysema,
altitude sickness,
water sickness,
hypobaropathy,
pneumatosis,
more...
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Adjectives:
sialogogic,
hyperpneic,
cyanotic,
phthisicky,
apneic,
dyspnoeic,
gouty,
antisplenetic,
pneumatised,
diapnoic,
eupnoeic
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