Decompression

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Decompression has several meanings:

in physics, decompression is the release of pressure and is the opposition of physical compression
in medicine and aviation, decompression can refer to decompression sickness
in surgery, decompression can refer to a procedure used to treat spinal stenosis, carotid artery stenosis or any condition where a structure is being compressed
in scuba diving, decompression can refer to a decompression stop, a decompression chamber, a decompression buoy, a decompression trapeze, decompression tables or a decompression meter
in festivals, decompression is a winding down decompression party
in accidents involving pressured vessels, explosive decompression
in computer science, decompression is the action of reversing data compression.
in comic book storytelling, decompression is the stylistic choice to tell a story mainly by visuals, with few words. See decompression (comics).

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