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Definition of hyperbaric
: of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure especially of oxygen a hyperbaric chamber hyperbaric medicine
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More recently the front office and training staff discussed converting the entire home clubhouse at Coors Field into a hyperbaric chamber to help players recover in an environment where there’s a lack of oxygen.
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According to Healogics, 5 percent of its 326,000 patients last year had hyperbaric treatment.
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According to Healogics, 5 percent of its 326,000 patients last year had hyperbaric treatment.
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Stretched out in one of the hospital's four hyperbaric chambers, wrapped in blankets with her head propped up to watch television, Hall breathed pure oxygen for two hours at a time.
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Stretched out in one of the hospital’s four hyperbaric chambers, wrapped in blankets with her head propped up to watch television, Hall breathed pure oxygen for two hours at a time.
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According to Healogics, 5 percent of its 326,000 patients last year had hyperbaric treatment.
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Ex-Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas used to have a hyperbaric chamber, for example.
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Climb Kili provides guides, porters, and cooks, plus tents and emergency gear like stretchers, supplemental oxygen, and hyperbaric chambers.
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Origin and Etymology of hyperbaric
hyper- + bar- + 1-ic
Medical Dictionary
hyperbaric
playMedical Definition of hyperbaric
1: having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid—used of solutions for spinal anesthesia; compare hypobaric
2: of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure especially of oxygen a hyperbaric chamber hyperbaric treatment
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