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dysbarism

noun dys·ba·rism \ˈdis-bə-ˌriz-əm\

Medical Definition of DYSBARISM

:  the complex of symptoms (as the bends, headache, or mental disturbance) that accompanies exposure to excessively low or rapidly changing environmental air pressure

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