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Definition of Caisson disease

Caisson disease
Caisson disease Cais"son dis*ease" (Med.) A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms. It is variously explained, most probably as due to congestion of internal organs with subsequent stasis of the blood.

Meaning of Caisson disease from wikipedia

- sickness (abbreviated DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases...
- deep. The four main types of caisson are box caisson, open caisson, pneumatic caisson and monolithic caisson. A box caisson is a prefabricated concrete...
- Look up Caisson or caisson in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caisson (French for "box") may refer to: Caisson (Asian architecture), a spider web ceiling...
- infilled the caisson with concrete in July 1872. Washington Roebling himself suffered a paralyzing injury as a result of caisson disease shortly after...
- Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression disease) and became bedridden. She served as a liaison and supervisor...
- to the surface, a syndrome called caisson disease or decompression sickness. Many workers were killed by the disease on projects such as the Brooklyn Bridge...
- ever "in absentia." Roebling would battle the after-effects from the caisson disease and its treatment the rest of his life. Following the Brooklyn project...
- City, and later other cities. Generally these projects involve tunneling, caisson excavation, road building, or some other type of underground construction...
- ****ociated with cancer, lupus, sickle cell disease, HIV infection, Gaucher's disease, and Caisson disease (dysbaric osteonecrosis). Bisphosphonates are...
- other body tissues can lead to decompression sickness, also known as caisson disease or "the bends". Since altitude decompression is a form of decompression...