(transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something. / (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.

The process of decompressing. / The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompress

simple past tense and past participle of decompress

present participle of decompress

That decompresses.

plural of decompression

Synonym of cupping (the East Asian practise of forming a vacuum underneath a cup that will break the surface capillaries of the skin under the cup, to treat ailments or increase blood flow to the area)

plural of abdominal decompression

(medicine) During childbirth, a technique in which the abdomen is surrounded by a chamber and has the pressure decreased intermittently, to assist the uterus in its task.