Definitions
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- adjective Below normal pressure.
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- adjective Of, relating to, or utilizing less than normal pressure (as in air pressure).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Roach placed his volunteers in a large metal box called a hypobaric chamber and gradually sucked out air with a vacuum pump, reducing atmospheric pressure to mimic a high altitude, low-oxygen environment.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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The main impact of air travel is breathing in air with a reduced oxygen content - resulting in lower circulating oxygen levels in the blood-in a pressurised environment, referred to as hypobaric hypoxia, says the guidance.
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The main impact of air travel is breathing in air with a reduced oxygen content - resulting in lower circulating oxygen levels in the blood-in a pressurised environment, referred to as hypobaric hypoxia, says the guidance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The main impact of air travel is breathing in air with a reduced oxygen content - resulting in lower circulating oxygen levels in the blood-in a pressurised environment, referred to as hypobaric hypoxia, says the guidance.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The story I nearly wrote was about an assault on Everest in 2053, using teleoperated robots instead of human beings - the idea was that the people driving the robots would be in hypobaric chambers, to simulate the pressure drop.
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He wants to go home, perhaps to lie quietly in a hypobaric chamber and dwell upon revenge fantasies.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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There are probably a hundred other athletes who have hypobaric tents.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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The number of clandestine hypobaric chambers in the NHL remains unclear.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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I ask if there are truly a hundred other athletes with hypobaric tents.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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• Installed a hypobaric tent in his Virginia home to simulate high-altitude oxygen levels.
Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009
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