decompression sickness

English

Noun

decompression sickness (uncountable)

(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.

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Translations

condition from rapid decompression

Chinese:
Mandarin: 減壓病 (zh), 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

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

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