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disease > nervous system diseases > decompression sickness
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decompression sickness  

Definition

  • Decompression sickness (DCS; 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. (Wikipedia)

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