narcosis in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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A lower proportion of nitrogen is required to reduce nitrogen narcosis and other physiological effects of the gas at depth.
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In the 1960s it was expected that helium narcosis would begin to become apparent at depths of 300m ft.
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Narcosis is defined as a generalized depression in biological activity due to the presence of toxicant molecules in the organism.
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Also, the effects of nitrogen narcosis are more critical in a cave, even for a diver who has the same depth experience in open water.
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Narcosis may be completely reversed in a few minutes by ascending to a shallower depth, with no long-term effects.
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Narcosis has a nonspecific mode of action, where it does not target one specific site of action, but instead affects the membranes and protoplasm.
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As depth increases, so does the pressure and hence the severity of the narcosis.
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Scientific evidence does not show that a diver can train to overcome any measure of narcosis at a given depth or become tolerant of it.
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Interestingly it was discovered because divers were using gas mixtures without nitrogen to be able to go to great depths without experiencing nitrogen narcosis.
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Nitrogen narcosis occurs because the absorption of gases in the blood, especially nitrogen, increase at greater depths.
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