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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   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. uncountable
2. 2
   pain resulting from rapid change in pressure wordnet

Synonyms

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aeroembolismair embolismanoxiaanthraxbendsblack lung