decompression chamber

noun

: a small room that allows a person (such as an ocean diver) to slowly experience lower amounts of air pressure until normal air pressure is reached

Examples of decompression chamber in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Many experts believed that whoever planted the explosives would have needed access to a mini-submarine or a decompression chamber—neither of which a proxy force, even one backed by Ukraine, was likely to possess. —Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025

There’s also a dive center, a decompression chamber, and two helipads. —Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2024

Rhymes for decompression chamber

• antechamber
• bedchamber

Medical Definition

decompression chamber

noun

1

: a chamber in which excessive pressure can be reduced gradually to atmospheric pressure

2

: a chamber in which an individual can be gradually subjected to decreased atmospheric pressure (as in simulating conditions at high altitudes)