caisson disease

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Noun

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caisson disease (uncountable)

  1. (pathology, nautical) 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.

Synonyms

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Translations

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decompression sickness — see decompression sickness

See also

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