nitrogen narcosis
noun
: a state of euphoria and confusion similar to that of alcohol intoxication which occurs when nitrogen in normal air enters the bloodstream at increased pressure (as in deep-water diving)
called also rapture of the deep
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Today, nitrogen narcosis is known to be an immutable effect of breathing air under pressure.
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Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Unmoored by the devastating emptiness in their household, Merel and the kids carry on, but they’re each siloed off in pain and confusion, suspended in a kind of stupor, as suggested by the movie’s title, which also alludes to the intoxicating effects of nitrogen narcosis in deep-sea diving.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022
Even experts risk equipment failures, insufficient decompression, and the dangerous confusion induced by nitrogen narcosis.
—Nick Romeo, National Geographic, 11 July 2016
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Rachel Lance, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
Unmoored by the devastating emptiness in their household, Merel and the kids carry on, but they’re each siloed off in pain and confusion, suspended in a kind of stupor, as suggested by the movie’s title, which also alludes to the intoxicating effects of nitrogen narcosis in deep-sea diving.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022
Even experts risk equipment failures, insufficient decompression, and the dangerous confusion induced by nitrogen narcosis.
—Nick Romeo, National Geographic, 11 July 2016
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