dysbarism /dys·bar·ism/ (dis´bar-izm) any clinical syndrome due to difference between the surrounding atmospheric pressure and the total gas pressure in the tissues, fluids, and cavities of the body.
dysbarism
dys·bar·ism (d s b -rz m)n. A complex of symptoms resulting from exposure to excessively low or rapidly changing air pressure. |
dysbarism
[dis′bäriz′əm]
a reaction to a sudden change in environmental pressure, such as rapid exposure to the lower atmospheric pressures of high altitudes. It is marked by symptoms similar to those of decompression sickness.
dysbarism
any clinical syndrome caused by difference between the surrounding atmospheric pressure and the total gas pressure in the various tissues, fluids and cavities of the body, including such conditions as barosinusitis, barotitis media, or expansion of gases in the hollow viscera.
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