caisson disease

English - Turkish

Definition of caisson disease in English Turkish dictionary: vurgun; (Tıp) Dekompresyon hastalığı vurgun, yüzeye çıkan dalgıçlarda ve çok fazla yükselen havacılarda olduğu gibi atmosfer basıncının aniden düşmesine bağlı olarak meydana gelir; (fiil)rgun; (Tıp) vurgun yeme; vurgun (deniz)

English - English

Definition of caisson disease in English English dictionary: The painful condition in which bubbles of nitrogen form in body tissues after a person makes too-rapid a transition from high atmospheric pressure to lower atmospheric pressure; A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc; Decompression sickness; It is variously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the blood; It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms