DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

Meaning of DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS in English

■ noun a condition that results when too rapid decompression causes nitrogen bubbles to form in the tissues of the body, characterized by pain in the muscles and joints, cramp, numbness, nausea, and paralysis.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — noun Date: 1941 a sometimes fatal disorder that is marked by neuralgic pains and paralysis, distress in breathing, and often …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — also called the bends or caisson disease Harmful effects of rapid change from a higher-to a lower-pressure environment. Small amounts …
Английский словарь Британика
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — noun : caisson disease , aeroembolism
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — Pathol. aeroembolism (def. 2). [ 1940-45 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — Date: 1941 : a sometimes fatal disorder that is marked by neuralgic pains and paralysis, distress in breathing, and often …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — Function: noun Date: 1941 : a sometimes fatal disorder that is marked by neuralgic pains and paralysis, distress in breathing, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — [decompression sickness] n (ca. 1941): [2]bend 3, aeroembolism
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — also called Bends, or Caisson Disease, physiological effects of the formation of gas bubbles in the body because of rapid …
Britannica English vocabulary
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — ˌdecomˈpression ˌsickness BrE AmE noun [uncountable] a dangerous medical condition that people get when they come up from deep under …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For decompression sickness , your dive history is available in graphic detail for hyperbaric specialists …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — also called the bends or caisson disease Harmful effects of rapid change from a higher-to a lower-pressure environment. Small amounts …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — A syndrome, including bends, chokes, neurological disturbances, and collapse, resulting from exposure to reduced ambient pressure and caused by gas …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь кессонная болезнь
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — Декомпрессионная болезнь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — декомпрессионная болезнь
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — Кессонная болезнь
Британский Англо-Русский словарь
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS — кессонная болезнь кессонная болезнь
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DECOMPRESSION — noun see: decompress
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SICKNESS — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) altitude sickness {{link=decompression sickness">decompression sickness motion sickness sleeping sickness
Английский словарь Британика
SICKNESS — noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English siknesse, seknesse, from Old English sēocnesse, from sēoc sick + -nesse -ness — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — |dē+ noun Etymology: probably from French décompression, from dé- de- (from Old French des- ) + compression : the act …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SICKNESS — (n.) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Английский словарь Webster
SICKNESS — ( n. ) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — /dee'keuhm presh"euhn/ , n. 1. the gradual reduction in atmospheric pressure experienced by divers, construction workers, etc., after working in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — n. lessening of pressure
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DECOMPRESSION — see decompress
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SICKNESS — noun nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. 2. sickness ·noun the quality or state of being sick or diseased; illness; …
Webster English vocab
DECOMPRESSION — ■ noun 1》 reduction in air pressure. ↘a gradual reduction of air pressure on a person who has been experiencing …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SICKNESS — sickness BrE AmE ˈsɪk nəs -nɪs ▷ sickness|es ɪz əz ▶ ˈ sickness ˌ benefit BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — decompression BrE AmE ˌdiː kəm ˈpreʃ ə n § \ -kɒm- ▷ decompression|s z ▶ ˌ decom ˈ pression ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SICKNESS — / ˈsɪknəs; NAmE / noun 1. [ U ] illness; bad health : She's been off work because of sickness. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — / ˌdiːkəmˈpreʃn; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. a reduction in air pressure; the act of reducing the pressure …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SICKNESS — sick ‧ ness /ˈsɪknəs, ˈsɪknɪs/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sick , the sick, ↑ sickness …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DECOMPRESSION — See main entry: ↑ decompress
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SICKNESS — n. 1 the state of being ill; disease. 2 a specified disease (sleeping sickness). 3 vomiting or a tendency to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DECOMPRESSION — n. 1 release from compression. 2 a gradual reduction of air pressure on a person who has been subjected to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SICKNESS — n. 1 the state of being ill; disease. 2 a specified disease (sleeping sickness). 3 vomiting or a tendency to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — n. 1 release from compression. 2 a gradual reduction of air pressure on a person who has been subjected to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SICKNESS — n.1 the state of being ill; disease. 2 a specified disease (sleeping sickness). 3 vomiting or a tendency to vomit. …
Oxford English vocab
DECOMPRESSION — n.1 release from compression. 2 a gradual reduction of air pressure on a person who has been subjected to high …
Oxford English vocab
SICKNESS — ( sicknesses) 1. Sickness is the state of being ill or unhealthy. In fifty-two years of working he had one …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — 1. Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air. Decompression …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SICKNESS — (~es) 1. Sickness is the state of being ill or unhealthy. In fifty-two years of working he had one week …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DECOMPRESSION — 1. Decompression is the reduction of the force on something that is caused by the weight of the air. Decompression …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SICKNESS — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES decompression sickness insure (sth/sb) against loss/damage/theft/sickness etc ▪ It is wise to insure your property …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SICKNESS — [noun] [U]There's a lot of sickness (= the condition of being ill) around this winter.(figurative) The politician argued that the …
Cambridge English vocab
DECOMPRESSION — [noun] [U]The pilot was almost sucked from the cockpit by decompression when the window broke.(specialized) A diver who comes too …
Cambridge English vocab
SICKNESS — n. altitude sickness mountain sickness decompression sickness motion sickness sleeping sickness
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
SICKNESS — Synonyms and related words : aberration, abnormality, acute disease, affection, affliction, ailment, alienation, allergic disease, allergy, atrophy, bacterial disease, birth …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SICKNESS — n. Function: noun 1 the condition of being ill FF1C; finally recovered from her sickness FF1E; Synonyms: affliction, diseasedness, disorder, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DECOMPRESSION — noun
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SICKNESS — noun 1 state of being ill ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic ▪ long , long-term ( esp. BrE ) ▪ The policy …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DECOMPRESSION — noun Decompression is used before these nouns: ↑ chamber , ↑ sickness
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SICKNESS — n. 25B6; noun she was absent through sickness : ILLNESS, disease, ailment, complaint, infection, malady, infirmity, indisposition; informal bug, virus; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DECOMPRESSION — In personnel recovery, the process of normalizing psychological and behavioral reactions that recovered isolated personnel experienced or are currently experiencing …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
DECOMPRESSION — penyahmampatan
ICT Terminology English vocab
SICKNESS — сущ. 1) болезнь, заболевание in sickness (and in health) ≈ в болезни (и в здоровье) altitude, mountain sickness ≈ высотная …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DECOMPRESSION — I развертывание (кода) II распаковка; разуплотнение; восстановление (сжатых данных) (специальное) (постепенное) понижение давления, уменьшение сжатия, декомпрессия (медицина) декомпрессия (психологическое) релаксация; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь

Concise Oxford English vocab

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