Decompression sickness, or "the bends," is a buildup of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream and other areas of the body.
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Decompression
Synonyms for "decompression" (1 found)
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16 entriesabdominal decompressiondecompression bombdecompression buoydecompression chamberdecompression illnessdecompression partydecompression scheduledecompression sicknessdecompression stopdecompression tabledecompression trapezedecompressiveexplosive decompressionintrauterine cranial decompressionmicrodecompressionmyofascial decompression
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7 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- descompressió noun (process of decompressing)
- descompressió noun (restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person)
Chinese
2 entries- 減壓 /减压/减压 noun (process of decompressing)
- 減壓 /减压/减压 noun (restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person)
French
2 entries- décompression noun (process of decompressing)
- décompression noun (restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person)
German
3 entries- Dekompression noun (process of decompressing)
- Dekompression noun (restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person)
- Dekomprimierung noun (process of decompressing)
Italian
2 entries- decompressione noun (process of decompressing)
- decompressione noun (restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person)
Japanese
1 entries- 減圧 noun (process of decompressing)
Māori
1 entries- whakarohatanga noun (process of decompressing)
Portuguese
2 entries- descompressão noun (process of decompressing)
- descompressão noun (restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person)
Sample sentences
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Saturation diving allows divers to stay a long time at great depths, but when they want to return to the surface, they have to go through more than 16 hours of decompression inside the habitat.
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Gabriel was moved to a decompression chamber.
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The decompression of large data files may take a while.
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