单词 | ebullism |
释义 | ebullismn. The formation of bubbles in body fluids as a result of reduced environmental pressure. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > environmental disorders > [noun] > atmospheric pressure puna1835 mountain sickness1848 soroche1878 caisson disease1883 the bends1894 altitude sickness1901 caisson sickness1911 decompression sickness1941 ebullism1956 1956 J. E. Ward in Jrnl. Aviation Med. XXVII. 439/1 The term ‘ebullism’ is introduced to describe the phenomenon of vaporization of body fluids at low atmospheric pressures and at body temperatures. 1962 F. I. Ordway et al. Basic Astronautics xii. 460 At 12 miles there is another functional border. Here the atmospheric pressure is so low, 47 mm Hg, that it equals the water vapor pressure of the body's fluids at body temperature and ebullism occurs. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 143/1 Ebullism, or boiling of body fluids, occurs immediately after exposure to altitudes above 63,000 feet and may significantly increase hypoxic effects. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1956 |
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