tunnel disease

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. aeroembolism.

2. hookworm.

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tunnel disease British  

noun

1. another name (esp formerly) for decompression sickness

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Etymology

Origin of tunnel disease

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Mr. Kim succumbed to what he calls tunnel disease after a hunter named Chung Ji-yong showed up in his neighborhood in 2002 and began digging.

From New York Times

Let me begin, then, by stating that my attention was attracted several years ago by that unique complex of symptoms known as the "caisson or tunnel disease."

From Project Gutenberg