decompress
verb (used with object)
to cause to undergo decompression.
decompressive
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a word derived from
decompress.
Example Sentences
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The statement added, “As part of his treatment plan, he subsequently underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling.”
From New York Times ● May 16, 2022
Luján was transferred to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where he underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling in his brain, Sanchez said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2022
Few people knew about it until Tuesday, when his chief of staff released a statement noting that the senator “underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling” as part of his treatment.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2022
“As part of his treatment plan, he subsequently underwent decompressive surgery to ease swelling,” the statement said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
Radical operative treatment is contra-indicated in intra-medullary and in metastatic growths, but decompressive measures may be employed for the relief of pain.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
