hypobarism /hy·po·bar·ism/ (-bar´izm) the condition resulting when ambient gas or atmospheric pressure is below that within the body tissues.
hypobarism
hypobarism [hi″po-bar´izm]
hy·po·bar·ism (h  p -b r  zm)n. Dysbarism resulting from greater gas pressure within the body than in the surrounding medium, so that gas in body cavities tends to expand and gases dissolved in body fluids tend to come out of solution as bubbles. |
hypobarism
[-ber′izəm]
air pressure that is significantly less than the sea level normal of 760 mm Hg. See also barotrauma, decompression sickness.
hypobarism [hi″po-bar´izm]
the condition resulting from exposure to ambient gas pressure or atmospheric pressures that are below those within body tissues, fluids, cavities.
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