decompression sickness

English

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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