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Noun: hyperbaric chamber
  1. A large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning
    "Divers with decompression sickness were treated in the hyperbaric chamber"

Derived forms: hyperbaric chambers

Type of: chamber

Encyclopedia: Hyperbaric chamber