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Definitions

decompression sickness

NOUN

condition caused by rapid change in atmospheric pressure

Synonyms

WEAK

aeroembolism air embolism bends caisson disease decompression disease diver's condition divers' palsy dysbaric illness the bends tunnel disease

Example Sentences

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Mr. Small died of decompression sickness before he could be transported to a hospital.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Whales have been observed suffering from decompression sickness, behavioural changes and strandings after being exposed to noise pollution from ships, oil and gas surveying and construction.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2023

He studied philosophy, mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Zurich, where he met Albert Bühlmann, a Swiss physician who was developing ways of reducing divers’ risk of decompression sickness by mixing gases.

From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2022

When divers rose to the surface too fast, they risked decompression sickness, also known as the bends, where the wrong gases build up in the blood.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022

Others suggest that COVID-19 mimics physiology seen at high altitudes, or pulmonary decompression sickness, when a diver ascends to the surface too rapidly.

From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2020