ヘリオックス

noun

heliox; helium-oxygen gas mixture

A breathing gas mixture of helium and oxygen, often hypoxic, used in deep diving to reduce nitrogen narcosis and decompression sickness, and in medicine for its low density to ease breathing in obstructed airways.

• 深しん海かい潜せん水すいではヘリオックスが使つかわれることがある。

  Heliox is sometimes used in deep-sea diving.

• ヘリオックスはヘリウムと酸さん素その混こん合ごうガスだ。

  Heliox is a mixture of helium and oxygen.