HyperDic: decompression_sickness

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

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