English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] decompression sickness uncountable
( pathology ) nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea , and paralysis .
Synonyms: aeroembolism aeroemphysema the bends , caisson disease Translations [ edit ] condition from rapid decompression
Bulgarian: кесонна болест pl ( kesonna bolest )
Catalan: malaltia de descompressió f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 減壓病 ／ 减压病 (zh) ( jiǎnyābìng ) , 减压症 (zh) ( jiǎnyābìng )
Dutch: caissonziekte (nl) f
Finnish: sukeltajantauti (fi) , dekompressiotauti alipainetauti
French: maladie de décompression f maladie des caissons (fr) f accident de décompression m
German: Dekompressionskrankheit f Caissonkrankheit (de) f
Hungarian: dekompressziós betegség keszonbetegség (hu)
Japanese: 減圧症 ( げんあつしょう, gen'atsushō )
Macedonian: кесонска болест ( kesonska bolest )
Portuguese: doença de descompressão (pt) f
Russian: декомпрессио́нная боле́знь f ( dekompressiónnaja boléznʹ ) , кессо́нная боле́знь f ( kessónnaja boléznʹ )
Swedish: tryckfallssjuka c dykarsjuka (sv) c kassunsjuka c
Thai: โรคน้ำหนีบ น้ำหนีบ
Turkish: dekompresyon hastalığı vurgun (tr)
