diving medicine


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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 medicine
See also: medicine
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