decompression disease
11decompression sickness — A sickness caused by the evolution of nitrogen bubbles in the body as a result of the effects of reduced atmospheric pressure. Normal symptoms of decompression sickness are the bends, chokes, creeps, unconsciousness, and neurological symptoms. It …
12decompression sickness — noun 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… …
13decompression sickness — gas bubble disease (supersaturated gases (>125%) in water entering the the body fluids of fish causing bubbles, an embolism). Also called bends or Caisson s disease …
14decompression sickness — noun Date: 1941 a sometimes fatal disorder that is marked by neuralgic pains and paralysis, distress in breathing, and often collapse and that is caused by the release of gas bubbles (as of nitrogen) in tissue upon too rapid decrease in air… …
15decompression sickness — noun pain resulting from rapid change in pressure • Syn: ↑aeroembolism, ↑air embolism, ↑gas embolism, ↑caisson disease, ↑bends • Hypernyms: ↑illness, ↑unwellness, ↑malady …
16tunnel disease — decompression sickness …
17occupational disease — 1. Also called industrial disease. a disease caused by the conditions or hazards of a particular occupation. 2. a trait or tendency that develops among members of a particular profession: Cynicism was thought to be an occupational disease of… …
18Degenerative disc disease — Classification and external resources Degenerated disc, C5 C6 with osteophytes ICD 10 …
19joint disease — Introduction any of the diseases or injuries that affect human joints (joint). arthritis is no doubt the best known joint disease, but there are also many others. Diseases of the joints may be variously short lived or exceedingly chronic,… …
20Wobbler disease — is a condition of the cervical vertebrae that causes an unsteady (wobbly) gait and weakness in dogs and horses. The term wobbler disease refers to a number of different conditions of the cervical (neck) spinal column that all cause similar… …
