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💾 Compressing again 🤿 Raising pressure again
recompression

recompression

6.7
Raising air pressure again in a chamber to treat the sickness divers get after surfacing too fast
  • noun
  • /ˌriːkəmˈprɛʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recompresión
  • The doctor explained that recompression can help reverse the effects of the bends.

Examples

  • After surfacing too quickly, the diver was taken for immediate recompression to treat his symptoms.

  • Special chambers are used for recompression therapy in cases of decompression sickness.

  • The doctor recommended recompression for the diver's condition.

  • After the dive, recompression was necessary to prevent further injuries.

  • The doctor recommended urgent recompression therapy to treat the diver's symptoms after surfacing too quickly.

  • After the dive, the team went into a recompression chamber to recover from the effects of decompression sickness.

  • Many divers have to undergo recompression procedures to prevent serious health complications from rapid ascent.

Synonyms

pressurization
vsrecompression
  • Specialized
5 4.9

The process of increasing and keeping the air in a space like a plane or submarine at a set level

is a medical repeat pressure increase used to treat decompression sickness in divers

Surface Forms

recompression singular
recompressions plural

Morphology

recompression = recompress (transparent) = re + compress + ion

The noun is a regular and fully predictable nominalization of the verb 'recompress'.

Etymology

Recompression comes from re- ('again') and compress ('to press together'), like pressing down to raise pressure. So recompression is the process of increasing pressure 'again', for example in a special chamber to treat divers with decompression sickness.