noun
1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving
• Syn: ↑air embolism, ↑aeroembolism
• Hypernyms: ↑embolism
2. pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
• Syn: ↑decompression sickness, ↑aeroembolism, ↑air embolism, ↑caisson disease, ↑bends
• Hypernyms: ↑illness, ↑unwellness, ↑malady, ↑sickness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.