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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

decompression sickness  

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  • Decompression sickness (also known as divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, or caisson disease) describes a condition arising from dissolved gases coming out of solution into bubbles inside the body on depressurisation.

    Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness

    Created: 1/12/21

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  • Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    bends (en)

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  • Before 1986 search also BENDS (en)

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