DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decompression sickness mean? 

• DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS (noun)
  The noun DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS has 1 sense:

1. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

  Familiarity information: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism

Hypernyms ("decompression sickness" is a kind of...):

illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

 Context examples 

Divers can also get decompression sickness, which affects the whole body.

(Barotrauma, NIH)