DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

Synonyms:

aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("decompression sickness" is a kind of...):

illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

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