decompression chamber

NOUN

chamber with changeable atmospheric pressure

Synonyms

WEAK

altitude chamber compression chamber diving chamber hyperbaric chamber hypobaric chamber recompression chamber

Example Sentences

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Several other Canadian vessels also are headed to the site, including coast guard ships and one with a mobile decompression chamber and medical personnel with deep-sea expertise.

From Los Angeles Times

The ship is equipped with a mobile decompression chamber and has medical personnel aboard.

From Washington Times

At the end of each stint he spent 16 hours in a decompression chamber so he didn't get the bends - caused by bubbles forming in the blood.

From BBC

The trip serves as a useful decompression chamber between Sodom and Gomorrah and Eden — an overture to “City,” through an increasingly barren, eye-popping landscape.

From Seattle Times

They replaced the 75-pound steel teeth, then rested for hours in the decompression chamber.

From Seattle Times