ケーソン病びょう

noun

caisson disease; decompression sickness; the bends

Medical term for decompression sickness, historically associated with caisson workers. Also known as 減圧症 (げんあつしょう) or colloquially 'the bends'.

• ケーソン病びょうは、潜せん水すい病びょうとも呼よばれる。

  Caisson disease is also called diver's disease.

• 高こう圧あつ環かん境きょうから急きゅうに浮ふ上じょうすると、ケーソン病びょうになる危き険けんがある。

  There is a risk of getting caisson disease if you ascend rapidly from a high-pressure environment.