"decompression sickness" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: decompression sickness Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Nitrogen, Pathology, Underwater diving Synonyms: aeroembolism, aeroemphysema, the bends, caisson disease, DCS [initialism] Translations (condition from rapid decompression): кесонна болест (kesonna bolest) [plural] (Bulgarian), malaltia de descompressió [feminine] (Catalan), 減壓病 (Chinese Mandarin), 减压病 (jiǎnyābìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 减压症 (jiǎnyābìng) (Chinese Mandarin), caissonziekte [feminine] (Dutch), sukeltajantauti (Finnish), dekompressiotauti (Finnish), alipainetauti (Finnish), maladie de décompression [feminine] (French), maladie des caissons [feminine] (French), accident de décompression [masculine] (French), Dekompressionskrankheit [feminine] (German), Caissonkrankheit [feminine] (German), dekompressziós betegség (Hungarian), keszonbetegség (Hungarian), 減圧症 (gen'atsushō) (alt: げんあつしょう) (Japanese), кесонска болест (kesonska bolest) (Macedonian), doença de descompressão [feminine] (Portuguese), декомпрессио́нная боле́знь (dekompressiónnaja boléznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), кессо́нная боле́знь (kessónnaja boléznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), tryckfallssjuka [common-gender] (Swedish), dykarsjuka [common-gender] (Swedish), kassunsjuka [common-gender] (Swedish), โรคน้ำหนีบ (Thai), น้ำหนีบ (Thai), dekompresyon hastalığı (Turkish), vurgun (Turkish)

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