Dekompressionskrankheit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Dekompression (“decompression”) + -s- + Krankheit (“disease”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Dekompressionskrankheit f (genitive Dekompressionskrankheit, no plural)
- (pathology, diving) decompression sickness
- Synonym: Caissonkrankheit
Declension edit
Declension of Dekompressionskrankheit [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Dekompressionskrankheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dekompressionskrankheit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Dekompressionskrankheit on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de