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decompression sickness vs sickness

sickness vs decompression sickness

decompression sickness and sickness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
decompression sickness Yes No No No
sickness Yes No No No
As nouns, sickness is a hypernym of decompression sickness; that is, sickness is a word with a broader meaning than decompression sickness:
  • decompression sickness: pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
  • sickness: impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Other hypernyms of decompression sickness include illness, malady, unwellness.
decompression sickness (noun) sickness (noun)
pain resulting from rapid change in pressure impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
the state that precedes vomiting
defectiveness or unsoundness
Difference between decompression sickness and sickness

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