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ebullism

ebullism noun: the formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.

Noun

ebullism (uncountable)

  1. The formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
    • Acute hypoxia, possibly aggravated by ebullism (the vaporization of body fluids at ambient pressures below 47 mm Hg), may always be a major potential medical emergency in space.1972, National Academy of Sciences, Human Factors in Long-duration Spaceflight, page 51
    • The ebullism syndrome arises when an individual is exposed to an ambient pressure that is less than the vapor pressure of body fluids at normothermic temperature, about 6kPa [197]. Whereas DCS is primarily characterized by the formation in tissues of the gas phase of inert gas, ebullism is...2008, William T. Norfleet, “11: Decompression-Related Disorders: Decompression Sickness, Arterial Gas Embolism, and Ebullism Syndrome”, in Michael R. Barratt, Sam Lee Pool, editors, Principles of...

Examples of ebullism in a sentence

  • The ebullism syndrome arises when an individual is exposed to an ambient pressure that is less than the vapor pressure of body fluids at normothermic temperature, about 6kPa [197].2008, William T. Norfleet, “11: Decompression-Related Disorders: Decompression Sickness, Arterial Gas Embolism, and Ebullism Syndrome”, in...
  • Exposure to 63 000 feet introduces the additional hazard of ebullism.2013, Jane Risdall, “50: Clinical managemement of decompression illness”, in Michael Robertson, Garry Walter, editors, Ethics and Mental...

Questions about ebullism

What does ebullism mean?
Ebullism means the formation of bubbles of gas in biological fluids due to reduced environmental pressure.
How do you use ebullism in a sentence?
The ebullism syndrome arises when an individual is exposed to an ambient pressure that is less than the vapor pressure of body fluids at normothermic temperature, about 6kPa [197].
What part of speech is ebullism?
Ebullism is a noun.

Words near ebullism in the dictionary

  1. ebullioscopes
  2. ebullioscopic
  3. ebullioscopical
  4. ebullioscopically
  5. ebullioscopy
  6. ebullism
  7. ebullition
  8. ebullitions
  9. ebullitive
  10. eburicol
  11. eburnamine

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