CAISSON DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caisson disease mean? 

• CAISSON DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CAISSON DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

  Familiarity information: CAISSON DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAISSON DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

aeroembolism; air embolism; bends; caisson disease; decompression sickness; gas embolism

Hypernyms ("caisson disease" is a kind of...):

illness; malady; sickness; unwellness (impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism)