caisson disease
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of caisson disease
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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These effects give rise to what is known as compressed air illness or caisson disease.
From Time Magazine Archive
The caisson disease is popularly called "the bends" a kind of paralysis which is more or less baffling to medical science.
From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul
As most physicians are aware, the caisson disease is an affection of the spinal cord, due to a sudden transition from a relatively high atmospheric pressure to one much lower.
From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various
The chief danger of caisson work is the "bends," or "caisson disease."
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Morgan, Wallace
To prevent caisson disease, therefore, the decompression should be slow; Leonard Hill suggests it should be at a rate of not less than 20 minutes for each atmosphere of pressure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
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