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tunnel disease

tun·nel dis·ease
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhn-l dih-zeez]
    • /ˈtʌn l dɪˈziz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tuhn-l dih-zeez]
    • /ˈtʌn l dɪˈziz/

Definitions of tunnel disease words

  • noun tunnel disease aeroembolism (def 2). 1
  • noun tunnel disease hookworm (def 2). 1
  • noun tunnel disease decompression sickness 0
See all 3 definitions of tunnel disease

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Origin of tunnel disease

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Tunnel disease

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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tunnel disease popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for tunnel disease

noun tunnel disease

  • aeroembolism — an embolism of air bubbles often caused by surgery, induced abortion, or decompression sickness
  • air embolism — the presence in the tissues and blood of a gas, such as air or nitrogen bubbles, caused by an injection of air or, in the case of nitrogen, by an abrupt and substantial reduction in the ambient pressure
  • caisson disease — decompression sickness
  • decompression sickness — a disorder characterized by severe pain in muscles and joints, cramp, and difficulty in breathing, caused by a sudden and sustained decrease in air pressure, resulting in the deposition of nitrogen bubbles in the tissues
All 4 Synonyms of tunnel disease

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