Caisson disease

noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.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.

Synonyms

aeroembolism air embolism decompression sickness gas embolism the bends bends bend cavitation bacterascites cavernositis pneumatosis cryptitis

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