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decompression chamber
decompression chamber
noun
- a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness
decompression chamber
/ dē′kəm-prĕsh′ən /
- A compartment in which atmospheric pressure can be gradually raised or lowered, used especially in readjusting divers or underwater workers to normal atmospheric pressure or in treating decompression sickness.
Word History and Origins
Origin of decompression chamber1
Example Sentences
Several other Canadian vessels also are headed to the site, including coast guard ships and one with a mobile decompression chamber and medical personnel with deep-sea expertise.
The ship is equipped with a mobile decompression chamber and has medical personnel aboard.
At the end of each stint he spent 16 hours in a decompression chamber so he didn't get the bends - caused by bubbles forming in the blood.
The trip serves as a useful decompression chamber between Sodom and Gomorrah and Eden — an overture to “City,” through an increasingly barren, eye-popping landscape.
They replaced the 75-pound steel teeth, then rested for hours in the decompression chamber.
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