decompression disease
41caisson disease — noun Date: 1873 decompression sickness …
42Болезнь Декомпрессионная (Compressed Air Illness, Bends), Болезнь Кессонная (Caisson Disease) — синдром, развивающийся у людей, работающих под высоким давлением в подводном колоколе или на значительной глубине с дыхательными аппаратами. При возвращении к нормальному атмосферному давлению растворенный в крови азот расширяется, образуя… …
43caisson disease — noun 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. Syn: the bends, decompressio …
44prescribed disease — one of a number of illnesses (currently 48) arising as a result of employment requiring close contact with a hazardous substance or circumstance. Examples include poisoning by such chemicals as mercury or benzene, decompression sickness in divers …
45caisson disease — noun another term for decompression sickness …
46prescribed disease — one of a number of occupational diseases for which benefits are payable. These diseases arise as a result of employment requiring close contact with a hazardous substance or circumstance. Prescribed groups are categorized by cause: physical,… …
47caisson disease — noun pain resulting from rapid change in pressure • Syn: ↑decompression sickness, ↑aeroembolism, ↑air embolism, ↑gas embolism, ↑bends • Hypernyms: ↑illness, ↑unwellness, ↑ …
48sickness — SYN: disease (1). acute African sleeping s. SYN: Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. aerial s. SYN: altitude s.. African sleeping s. Gambian trypanosomiasis, Rhodesian trypanosomiasis. air s. a form of motion s. caused by flying in an airplane. altitude s …
49Spondylolisthesis — Not to be confused with spondylosis, spondylitis, or spondylolysis. Spondylolisthesis Classification and external resources X ray of the lateral lumbar spine with a grade III spondylolisthesis at the L5 S1 level …
50Oxygen toxicity — Classification and external resources In 1942–43 the UK Government carried out extensive testing for oxygen toxicity in divers. The chamber is pressurised with air to 3.7  …
