a chamber in which the pressure of air can be varied slowly for returning people from abnormal pressures to atmospheric pressure without inducing decompression sickness
Examples of 'decompression chamber' in a sentence
decompression chamber
The decompression chamber 's been checked out and it's all set.
Terman, Douglas CORMORANT
It sank swiftly, taking the decompression chamber with it.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The ensuite is startlingly white and feels like a decompression chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
No boat or plane was available to rush her to a decompression chamber.
The Sun (2015)
Recovering in a decompression chamber in hospital, the three survivors were devastated.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
City fans will also need a decompression chamber to cope with the bends as they come back up for air.
The Sun (2009)
A month later, he was the owner of an 85-ft research vessel with a double-lot decompression chamber.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
What quickly becomes clear in this blue-skied, brackish-watered utopia is that these islands are the city's decompression chamber, its lungs, its escape hatch.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She collapsed on the dive boat and was rushed to a decompression chamber, but died from lack of oxygen to the brain.
The Sun (2010)
For many, it's a safe space to sing and play — a decompression chamber, dressed in coloured bunting.