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    DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pain resulting from rapid change in pressureplay

    Synonyms:

    aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("decompression sickness" is a kind of...):

    illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)

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