資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Caisson disease \Cais"son dis*ease"\ (Med.)
A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an
atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells,
etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic
symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to
congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the
blood.
資料來源 : WordNet®
caisson disease
n : pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn: {decompression
sickness}, {aeroembolism}, {air embolism}, {gas embolism},
{bends}]