HyperDic: caisson_disease

English > 1 sense of the expression caisson disease:
NOUNstatecaisson disease, decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, bendspain resulting from rapid change in pressure
English > caisson disease: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningpain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
Synonymsdecompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, bends
Broaderillness, unwellness, malady, sicknessimpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Spanishaeroembolismo
Catalansíndrome de descompressió

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