Scuba diving

Scuba diving

Underwater diving in which the diver uses scuba gears to breathe underwater.

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feet of sea water (FSW)

Sports; Scuba diving

Measurement of depth in sea water used to indicate either an actual depth, or just a pressure equal to that depth (e.g., in an hyperbaric chamber).

barotraumas

Sports; Scuba diving

Any disease or injury due to unequal pressures between a space inside the body and the ambient pressure, or between two spaces within the body; examples include arterial gas embolism and ...

bottom time

Sports; Scuba diving

The time between descending below the surface to the beginning of ascent.

Requiring much specialized training and equipment, this involves diving into an overhead environment including caves, abandoned mines or quarries and natural springs or sinkholes where the exit is ...