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noun

hyperbaric chamber.

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Origin of decompression chamber

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby decompression chamber

decomposer, decomposition, decompound, decompress, decompression, decompression chamber, decompression sickness, deconcentrate, decondition, deconflict, decongest

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How to use decompression chamber in a sentence

They feature cascading decompression chambers, which means that they should stick in your ears and provide adequate pressure.
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This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
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As one walks from chamber to chamber, a number of things become abundantly clear.
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Get a thrill, get off a lucky shot, take home a trophy, put it up in a secret chamber of our heart.
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He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich Chamber of Music in 1933.
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Then she went into a secret chamber where no one was allowed to enter.
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In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
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The Princess was pale and thin; and, though dressed superbly, seemed fitter for her chamber.
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By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
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Why, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
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It was still in the verge of possibility that his son might seek his father in that dismal chamber.
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British Dictionary definitions for decompression chamber

decompression chamber

noun

a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness

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Scientific definitions for decompression chamber

decompression chamber

[ dē′kəm-prĕsh′ən ]

A compartment in which atmospheric pressure can be gradually raised or lowered, used especially in readjusting divers or underwater workers to normal atmospheric pressure or in treating decompression sickness.

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