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Descriptor English: Decompression, Explosive
Descriptor Spanish: Descompresión Explosiva
Descriptor descompresión explosiva
Scope note: Súbita pérdida de presión en una cabina presurizada, producida con tal rapidez que se torna explosiva. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Descompressão Explosiva
Descriptor French: Décompression explosive
Entry term(s): Explosive Decompression
Tree number(s): G01.374.715.250.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019646
Scope note: A sudden loss of pressure in a pressurized cabin, cockpit, or the like, so rapid as to be explosive. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: PC prevention & control
Previous Indexing: Atmospheric Pressure (1966-1980)
Decompression (1981-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98; see DECOMPRESSION 1981-97, see ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 1975-80
History Note: 98; use DECOMPRESSION 1981-97, use ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE 1975-80; use DECOMPRESSION 1964-74
DeCS ID: 33617
Unique ID: D019646
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Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Decompression, Explosive - Preferred
Concept UI M0029148
Scope note A sudden loss of pressure in a pressurized cabin, cockpit, or the like, so rapid as to be explosive. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Preferred term Decompression, Explosive
Entry term(s) Explosive Decompression



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