caisson disease

noun

The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.

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the bendsdecompression sicknessaeroembolismair embolismgas embolismbends
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Meanings

nouncaisson disease (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineThe painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.

    Synonyms: the bends, decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.

Similar
the bendsdecompression sicknessaeroembolismair embolismgas embolism

More synonyms by meaning

nounpain resulting from rapid change in pressure

Similar
decompression sicknessaeroembolismair embolismgas embolismbends
Broader
illnessunwellnessmalady
Also see
aeroembolismair embolismbendsdecompression sickness

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