hyperbaric

[ hahy-per-bar-ik ]

adjective

, Medicine/Medical.

1. (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
2. pertaining to or utilizing gaseous pressure greater than normal, especially for administering oxygen in the treatment of certain diseases.

hyperbaric

/ ˌhaɪpəˈbærɪk /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, or operating at pressures higher than normal

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyperbaric¹

First recorded in 1925–30; hyper- + baric ²

Example Sentences

Last month Kennedy accused the FDA on X of suppressing the use of "psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies, chelating compounds, ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, vitamins, clean foods, sunshine, exercise, nutraceuticals and anything else that advances human health and can't be patented".

From BBC

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy pods to reduce inflammation?

From Los Angeles Times

Sainz said he had done everything he could to recover quickly, including "going to hyperbaric chambers twice a day for one hour, taking an Indiba machine, that is an electromagnetic thing for the wounds", altering his diet and more.

From BBC

Gurnee Endowed Chair of Hyperbaric and Diving Medicine Research and professor in residence in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine, hypothesized that the change in wall-height may have resulted in an increase in marine and maritime migration attempts, resulting in more frequent drownings.

From Science Daily

One of the workers was found lying unconscious outside of the building, which is a couple of blocks from Yale’s New Haven campus, and was taken to a hospital’s hyperbaric chamber in Brooklyn, New York, where he was in critical condition, said Rick Fontana, New Haven’s emergency operations director.

From Seattle Times