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decompression chamber

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decompression chamber
n.
A compartment in which atmospheric pressure can be gradually raised or lowered, used especially in readjusting divers or underwater workers to normal atmospheric pressure or in treating decompression sickness.
decompression chamber
n
(Physics / General Physics) a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness
decompression chamber  (dkm-prshn)
A compartment in which atmospheric pressure can be gradually raised or lowered, used especially in readjusting divers or underwater workers to normal atmospheric pressure or in treating decompression sickness.
See: hyperbaric chamber.
Translations
decompression chamber n → camera di decompressione
decompression chamber n → camera di decompressione


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