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DECOMPRESSION DISEASE

Specialty Definition: DECOMPRESSION DISEASE

DomainDefinition

Medicine

A symptom complex caused by the escape from solution in body fluids of nitrogen bubbles absorbed originally at high atmospheric pressure as a result of abrupt reduction in atmospheric pressure. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: DECOMPRESSION DISEASE

Language Translations for "DECOMPRESSION DISEASE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

dykkersyge (aeroembolism, bends, caisson disease, caisson sickness, compressed air disease, compressed air illness, decompression illness, decompression sickness, diver's sickness, ebullism), dekompressionssyge (decompression sickness), trykfaldssyge (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

caissonziekte (bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, diver's sickness). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sukeltajantauti (bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness, diver's sickness). (various references)

   

French

  

accident de décompression (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

German

  

Druckfallkrankheit (aeroembolism, caisson disease, caisson sickness, compressed air disease, compressed air illness, decompression illness, decompression sickness, ebullism), Dekompressionskrankheit (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νόσος της αποσυμπίεσης (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

Italian

  

malattia da decompressione (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ecompressionday iseaseday

   

Portuguese

  

doença por descompressão (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

accidente de descompresión (decompression sickness). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dykarsjuka (decompression illness, decompression sickness), tryckfallssjuka (decompression sickness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DECOMPRESSION DISEASE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-d-e-e-e-e-i-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-s-s"

-5 letters: imprecisenesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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