decompression sickness

English

Noun

decompression sickness (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.

Synonyms

• aeroembolism
• aeroemphysema
• the bends
• caisson disease

Translations

condition from rapid decompression

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減壓病／减压病 (zh) (jiǎnyābìng), 减压症 (zh) (jiǎnyābìng), 减压症 (zh) (jiǎnyābìng)

• Finnish: sukeltajantauti (fi), dekompressiotauti
• French: maladie de décompression f, maladie des caissons f
• German: Dekompressionskrankheit f, Caissonkrankheit f
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• Hungarian: dekompressziós betegség, keszonbetegség
• Japanese: 減圧症 (げんあつしょう, gen'atsushō)
• Russian: декомпрессио́нная боле́знь f (dekompressiónnaja boléznʹ), кессо́нная боле́знь f (kessónnaja boléznʹ)
• Swedish: tryckfallssjuka c, dykarsjuka c