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| Id | http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003665
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D003665
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| Preferred Name | Decompression Sickness |
| 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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| Synonyms |
Caisson Diseases
Diseases, Caisson
Bends
Caisson Disease
Sickness, Decompression
Disease, Caisson
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| Type | http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#Class |
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| 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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| altLabel |
Caisson Diseases
Diseases, Caisson
Bends
Caisson Disease
Sickness, Decompression
Disease, Caisson
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| prefLabel |
Decompression Sickness
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| TH |
NLM (1966)
UNK (19XX)
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| notation |
D003665
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| DX |
19660101
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| MN |
C26.120.248
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| MMR |
20100625
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| AQL |
BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI
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| Semantic type UMLS property | |
| DC |
1
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| MDA |
19990101
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| Inverse of RO |
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| type | |
| tui |
T047
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| cui |
C0011119
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| Inverse of AQ |
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| TERMUI |
T010672
T010670
T010671
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