decompression sickness (uncountable)
- (pathology) 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 in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.
- Synonyms: aeroembolism, aeroemphysema, the bends, caisson disease
condition from rapid decompression
- Bulgarian: кесонна болест pl (kesonna bolest)
- Catalan: malaltia de descompressió f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 減壓病／减压病 (zh) (jiǎnyābìng), 减压症 (zh) (jiǎnyābìng)
- Dutch: caissonziekte (nl) f
- Finnish: sukeltajantauti (fi), dekompressiotauti, alipainetauti
- French: maladie de décompression f, maladie des caissons (fr) f, accident de décompression m
- German: Dekompressionskrankheit f, Caissonkrankheit (de) f
- Hungarian: dekompressziós betegség, keszonbetegség (hu)
- Japanese: 減圧症 (げんあつしょう, gen'atsushō)
- Macedonian: кесонска болест (kesonska bolest)
- Portuguese: doença de descompressão (pt) f
- Russian: декомпрессио́нная боле́знь f (dekompressiónnaja boléznʹ), кессо́нная боле́знь f (kessónnaja boléznʹ)
- Swedish: tryckfallssjuka c, dykarsjuka (sv) c, kassunsjuka c
- Thai: โรคน้ำหนีบ, น้ำหนีบ
- Turkish: dekompresyon hastalığı, vurgun (tr)
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