decompression chamber

English

Noun

decompression chamber (plural decompression chambers)

1. A room used by divers to gradually readjust to normal air pressure.

See also

• decompression sickness
• hyperbaric chamber

Further reading

• “decompression chamber”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
• “decompression chamber”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “decompression chamber”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “decompression chamber” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “decompression chamber”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.