hyperbaric
adjective
hy·per·bar·ic
ˌhī-pər-ˈber-ik 
-ˈba-rik
: of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure especially of oxygen
a hyperbaric chamber
hyperbaric medicine
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Former employees and hyperbaric chamber experts testified throughout the past couple of months that the facility failed to use grounding straps as early as 2017, something one former employee testified to not always being the case.
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Jack Springgate, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
And the centerpiece of the 24,000-square-foot facility is the L3 Long Lasting Lifestyle Circle, a circuit of biohacking technology that includes an infrared cabin and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, among other health-promoting systems.
—Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
There is already a waitlist of more than 500 people for their membership, which will cost $275 per month paid upfront for $500 worth of credits to be used toward sauna and cold plunge, but also IVs and shots of vitamins, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, red light, NAD+, compression and PEMF.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
The 5-year-old boy from Royal Oak died when he was engulfed in a flash fire inside a hyperbaric chamber at the center's Troy location.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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Jack Springgate, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
And the centerpiece of the 24,000-square-foot facility is the L3 Long Lasting Lifestyle Circle, a circuit of biohacking technology that includes an infrared cabin and a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, among other health-promoting systems.
—Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 19 Jan. 2026
There is already a waitlist of more than 500 people for their membership, which will cost $275 per month paid upfront for $500 worth of credits to be used toward sauna and cold plunge, but also IVs and shots of vitamins, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, red light, NAD+, compression and PEMF.
—Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 14 Jan. 2026
The 5-year-old boy from Royal Oak died when he was engulfed in a flash fire inside a hyperbaric chamber at the center's Troy location.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Hyperbaric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperbaric. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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hyperbaric
adjective
hy·per·bar·ic
ˌhī-pər-ˈbar-ik
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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