单词 | nitrogen narcosis |
释义 | > as lemmasnitrogen narcosis nitrogen narcosis n. a narcotic state which is induced by breathing air under pressure and occurs esp. in divers. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > stupor or coma > [noun] > specific coma coma vigil1708 hydrocephaloid disease1842 nitrogen narcosis1937 insulin coma1942 rapture of the deep1953 narks1962 1937 U.S. Naval Med. Bull. 35 379 If pressure is applied too quickly the diver becomes dizzy and often is so dazed as to require several minutes to orient himself. Consequently, if the cause were nitrogen narcosis, the difficulty would increase with exposure rather than decrease. 1962 Listener 29 Mar. 562/1 Free deep-sea divers—that is to say, divers wearing cylinders filled with compressed air—may suffer at varying depths from a mild intoxicating effect, or ‘rapture of the deep’, known as nitrogen narcosis. 1990 Alert Diver May 3 Much is still unknown about decompression sickness, oxygen toxicity, and nitrogen narcosis. < as lemmas |
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