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Meanings of decompression in English

Catalan
descompressió

Procedures used by underwater divers to safely manage the decrease in pressure experienced during ascent.

descompressió
Portuguese
descompressão
Catalan
descompressió
Spanish
descompresión

Relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)

descompressão
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The building is noted for its wealth of classical art deco features.
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Radio NZ
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The once attractive art deco building was now a spectacularly gutted ruin.
The Guardian
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And the elements that is has, the art deco elements, are timeless.
Wired
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And who needs New York and Miami's celebrated art deco architecture?
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Usage of decompression in English
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They needed time to recover, additional time to repeat the decompression cycle.
Gravity
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In some divers, underlying conditions can increase the chance of decompression sickness.
Jamaica Observer
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Primary resection and anastomosis with manual decompression seems the procedure of choice.
Pubmed
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The treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis is either conservative or surgical decompression.
Pubmed
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Anterior decompression of the lesion is difficult because of the local anatomy.
Pubmed
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Paresthesia or anesthesia symptoms were less likely to improve with hindbrain decompression.
Pubmed
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Active decompression CPR generated an significantly increased ventilation compared with standard CPR.
Pubmed
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I was treating a patient for decompression sickness in a hyperbaric chamber.
To Honor You Call Us
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Adjuvant posterior fixation further enhances the extent of decompression after the odontoidectomy.
Pubmed
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Eventually, compression and decompression will take place on an image conversion server.
Workshop on Electronic Texts: Proceedings, 9-10 June 1992
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In the hellish darkness, Emma braced herself for the shock of decompression.
Gravity
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Both patients died of multisystem organ failure in spite of surgical decompression.
Pubmed
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The airlock cycled, and the decompression had killed the man swiftly enough.
Sisterhood of Dune
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People fear decompression, however irrationally; people will pay for such comfort.
Masked
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Conclusions: There were several risk factors for UR after lumbar spine decompression surgery.
Pubmed
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In these cases, emergency surgical decompression becomes mandatory as the traditional treatment option.
Pubmed
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Translations for decompression
Portuguese
descompressão
Decompression through the time
Decompression across language varieties
United States of America
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