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Term What it means
symptoms. The most important of which is an
epileptic-like convulsion which can cause a diver
to drown.
CNS% Central nervous system toxicity limit fraction.
Compartment See "Tissue group".
DM5
Suunto DM5 with Movescount, a software for
managing your dives.
Decompression
Time spent at a decompression stop, or range,
before surfacing, to allow absorbed nitrogen to
escape naturally from tissues.
Decompression
range
On a decompression stop dive, the depth range
between the floor and the ceiling within which a
diver must stop for some time during ascent.
DCS
Decompression sickness/illness. Any of a variety
of maladies resulting either directly or indirectly
from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in tissues
or body fluids, as a result of inadequately
controlled decompression.
Dive series
A group of repetitive dives between which the
dive computer indicates some nitrogen loading is
present. When nitrogen loading reaches zero the
dive computer deactivates.
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