aeroembolism

aeroembolism
noun
1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
• Syn: ↑air embolism, ↑gas embolism
• Hypernyms: ↑embolism
2. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
• Hypernyms: ↑illness, ↑unwellness, ↑malady, ↑sickness

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\\| ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷-\ noun
Etymology: aer- + embolism
1. : a gaseous embolism
2. : a condition equivalent to caisson disease caused by rapid ascent to high altitudes and resulting exposure to rapidly lowered air pressure — called also air bends

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/air'oh em"beuh liz'euhm/, n. Pathol.
1. an obstruction of the circulatory system caused by air, as may arise during surgery.
2. Also called the bends, caisson disease, decompression sickness. an acute condition caused by a rapid substantial decrease in atmospheric pressure, as in high-altitude flying and coming up from deep-sea diving, characterized by the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood, severe pain in the lungs and joints, and neurological impairment.
[1935-40; AERO- + EMBOLISM]

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aeroemˈbolism noun
An airman's condition similar to caisson disease, caused by rapid ascent to high altitudes
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Main Entry: ↑aero-

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