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Noun: caisson disease  'key-sun di'zeez
  1. Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
    - decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, bends, the bends

Type of: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness

Encyclopedia: Caisson disease