DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS

Meaning of DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS in English

ˌdecomˈpression ˌsickness BrE AmE noun [uncountable]

a dangerous medical condition that people get when they come up from deep under the sea too quickly SYN the bends

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

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 — ■ noun a condition that results when too rapid decompression causes nitrogen bubbles to form in the tissues of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
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 — 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

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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