diving medicine
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Related to diving medicine: undersea medicine
diving medicine
The study, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and injuries that occur underwater, esp. in SCUBA diving, submarines, or diving chambers, where the body is exposed to unusually high pressures.
Synonym: undersea medicineSee also: medicine
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