decompression sickness
MONDO:0020797Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names decompression sickness yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A condition occurring as a result of exposure to a rapid fall in ambient pressure. Gases, nitrogen in particular, come out of solution and form bubbles in body fluid and blood. These gas bubbles accumulate in joint spaces and the peripheral circulation impairing tissue oxygenation causing disorientation, severe pain, and potentially death.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0020797), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: decompression sickness
- Also called
- bends