潜せん函かん病びょう

noun

caisson disease; the bends

Medical term for decompression sickness, especially in diving and caisson work contexts.

• 潜せん函かん病びょうは、急きゅう激げきな減げん圧あつによって血けつ液えき中ちゅうに気き泡ほうが生しょうじる病びょう気きです。

  Caisson disease is an illness caused by bubbles forming in the blood due to rapid decompression.