loading...| Preferred Name |
decompression sickness |
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| Synonyms |
bends decompression sickness divers' palsy divers' paralysis Divers' paralysis CAISSON DIS Divers' palsy Decompression Sickness Caisson Diseases Sickness, Decompression The bends Disease, Caisson Rapture of the deep syndrome the bends Diseases, Caisson Caisson Disease compressed-air disease Compressed air disease Compressed-air disease Bends Caisson disease Decompression sickness caisson disease |
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| Definitions |
A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MONDO_0020797 |
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| has_exact_synonym |
bends decompression sickness |
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divers' palsy divers' paralysis Divers' paralysis CAISSON DIS Divers' palsy Decompression Sickness Caisson Diseases Sickness, Decompression The bends Disease, Caisson Rapture of the deep syndrome the bends Diseases, Caisson Caisson Disease compressed-air disease Compressed air disease Compressed-air disease Bends Caisson disease Decompression sickness caisson disease |
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decompression sickness |
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| prefixIRI |
MONDO:0020797 |
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decompression sickness |
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| textual definition |
A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death. |
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