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decompression sicknes...

decompression sickness

 
pronunciation:
di km pre shn sIk nihs
part of speech: noun
definition: a painful and sometimes fatal condition caused by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood, resulting from returning to atmospheric pressure too quickly from deep water or a compression chamber; aeroembolism; bends.