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Therapeutics > Decompression > Decompression, Explosive

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Decompression, Explosive  

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Scope note

  • A sudden loss of pressure in a pressurized cabin, cockpit, or the like, so rapid as to be explosive. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)

History note

  • 98; use DECOMPRESSION 1981-97, use ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 1975-80; use DECOMPRESSION 1964-74

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