The English Wikipedia article "Decompression sickness", consulted for facts cited on Medicine Atlas entities.
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URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness
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Wikipedia: Decompression sickness
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Decompression sickness (DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompression.
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