caisson disease
The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person…The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure.
More definitions
- pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
Synonyms
6 synonymsdecompression sicknessaeroembolismair embolismthe bendsgas embolism
Close in meaning
- pain resulting from rapid change in pressure:decompression sicknessaeroembolismair embolismgas embolismbends
Word family
1 related wordsRelatednitrogen narcosis
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable