narcosis

  • 41nitrogen narcosis — n. reduction in the ability to think clearly and react quickly, caused by increased air pressure which increases the concentration of nitrogen in the body tissue and brain: a special concern of deep sea divers …

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  • 42nitrogen narcosis — noun Date: 1937 a state of euphoria and confusion similar to that of alcohol intoxication which occurs when nitrogen in normal air enters the bloodstream at increased pressure (as in deep water diving) called also rapture of the deep …

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  • 43electro-narcosis — immobility as the muscles slacken when electro fishing …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 44mechanic(al) narcosis — stunning fish for food by vibrations. Clubs can be used to bang on ice of the appropriate thickness (not too thick and slightly brittle) to stun fish just below, or on rocks to stun fish hiding underneath them. Thrown objects from rocks to… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 45nitrogen narcosis — recovery of fish suddenly from deep water can case expansion of gases by rapid decompression, harming the fish. Applies to humans too …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 46nitrogen narcosis — noun A condition of disorientation, intoxication and stupor caused by increased levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood; occurs in divers breathing air under pressure; the rapture of the deep …

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  • 47carbon dioxide narcosis — respiratory acidosis …

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  • 48nitrogen narcosis — noun Medicine a drowsy state induced by breathing air under pressure, e.g. in deep sea diving …

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  • 49nitrogen narcosis — ni′trogen narco sis n. pat a stupor or euphoria induced in deep sea divers when nitrogen from air enters the blood at higher than atmospheric pressure Also called rapture of the deep • Etymology: 1935–40 …

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  • 50наркоз 2 — (narcosis; син.: анестезия общая, обезболивание общее) анестезиологический метод, заключающийся в вызывании Н.1 для безболезненного проведения хирургического вмешательства и создания условий для управления функциями организма …

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