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

Derived forms: decompression sicknesses

Type of: illness, malady, sickness, unwellness

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