TUNNEL DISEASE Definition & Meaning

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tunnel disease

noun

Pathology.

aeroembolism ( def 2 ).
hookworm ( def 2 ).

tunnel disease

noun

another name (esp formerly) for decompression sickness

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tunnel disease¹

First recorded in 1885–90

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of tunnel disease¹

so called because it used to be common among people who were digging tunnels

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Mr. Kim succumbed to what he calls tunnel disease after a hunter named Chung Ji-yong showed up in his neighborhood in 2002 and began digging.

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Let me begin, then, by stating that my attention was attracted several years ago by that unique complex of symptoms known as the "caisson or tunnel disease."

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