hypobaropathy

[hi″po-bar-op´ah-the]

1. the disturbances experienced in high altitudes due to reduced air pressure; see high altitude sickness and mountain sickness.

hy·po·ba·rop·a·thy

(hī'pō-ba-rop'ă-thē),

Sickness produced by reduced barometric pressure; not always distinguished from hypobarism and altitude sickness.

[hypo- + G. baros, weight, + pathos, suffering]

/hy·po·bar·op·a·thy/ (-bar-op´ah-the)

1. the disturbances experienced in high altitudes due to reduced air pressure, as in high-altitude sickness and mountain sickness.

(1) Hypobarism, decompression illness.
(2) Altitude sickness, see there.

(hī'pō-bar-op'ă-thē)

Sickness produced by reduced barometric pressure.

[hypo- + G. baros, weight, + pathos, suffering]

the disturbances experienced at high altitudes due to reduced air pressure and lack of oxygen; altitude sickness.