nitrogen narcosis
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈnaɪtrədʒən ˈnɑrkəsɪs/
- Specialized
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narcósis por nitrógeno
- Assuming you're breathing air (i.e., high nitrogen concentration), you'd be susceptible to nitrogen narcosis after you reach a certain depth.
- susceptibility to nitrogen narcosis
Examples
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The diver experienced confusion and disorientation due to nitrogen narcosis after descending to great depths.
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Moving onto a second tank is going to increase your chance of nitrogen narcosis, dramatically.
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This is particularly dangerous because nitrogen narcosis, which creates a numbed feeling similar to alcohol consumption, regularly occurs at thirty meters and only increases.
Blog text (2) -
Though the genesis of such a hallucinatory experience during an episode of nitrogen narcosis may be neurochemically determined, the determinants of the content of such an experience are almost certainly psychosituational.
Academic text (1994) -
Thus, the same variables may have predisposed Luther both to susceptibility to nitrogen narcosis and to neurochemically determined alternating cycles of mania and depression.
Academic text (1994) -
To prevent nitrogen narcosis, divers need to be mindful of their depth and breathing gas.
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Symptoms of nitrogen narcosis can include a feeling of euphoria and impaired judgment while diving.
Synonyms
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9.5
A state of deep sleep caused by strong pain medicine or anesthesia
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is directly compositional: 'narcosis' means a stuporous or narcotic state and 'nitrogen' identifies the agent causing that state, so the phrase denotes a stupor caused by nitrogen. This is a technical, pattern‑based medical/scientific construction (agent + condition) that a learner who knows both constituents can readily interpret.
Etymology
Nitrogen narcosis comes from deep diving: when a diver breathes air far below the surface, extra nitrogen can make the brain work slowly and the diver feel 'drunk' or 'confused'. Because narcosis means a sleepy or numb state, the term now refers to the 'confused or very sleepy' feeling divers get underwater.