cais·son disease (k  s n , -s n)n. |
caisson disease.
Caisson Disease
A condition caused by long-term whole body decompression, with repeated intravascular ‘boiling’ of nitrogen and resultant morbidity of workers in high-pressure environments—e.g., caissons
caisson disease [ka´son]
caisson disease
Chronic decompression sickness Occupational medicine A condition caused by long-term whole body decompression, with repeated 'boiling' of nitrogen and resultant M&M of workers in high-pressure
environments–eg, caissons Clinical Dysbaric–ischemic osteonecrosis with medullary infarcts of femoral, humoral, and tibial heads and rarely, CA–malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising in bone infarcts. Cf the Bends.
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