Caisson disease

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Synonyms 1.3 See also

English

Noun

caisson disease

1. ((pathology{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) ((nautical{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})) the painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a diver makes a too-rapid return to normal atmospheric pressure

Synonyms

• the bends
• decompression sickness
• aeroembolism
• air embolism
• gas embolism

See also

• nitrogen narcosis