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immersion hypothermia
Sports; Scuba diving
The lowering of body temperature when a diver is fully immersed in cold water without proper thermal protection.
hookah
Sports; Scuba diving
A surface-supplied compressed air apparatus, for use in shallow diving in calm waters. The air is delivered to one or more divers through a long hose.
rebreather
Sports; Scuba diving
A closed-circuit system which filters exhaled air, then recirculates it for rebreathing by the diver; requires special training and maintenance.
high pressure nervous syndrome (HPNS)
Sports; Scuba diving
A condition which results from breathing Helium under high pressures. Early symptoms of HPNS are sometimes seen as shallow as 300FSW but more commonly over 600FSW. The severity ...
breath-hold diving
Sports; Scuba diving
Diving without life support apparatus, while holding one's breath.
windward
Sports; Scuba diving
A point or side from which the wind blows; in the direction from which the wind blows; as opposed to, leeward.
gauge pressure
Sports; Scuba diving
Pressure exclusive of atmospheric pressure, when diving, gauge pressure is due to the water pressure.
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