nitrogen narcosis

1. 1.

   confused or stuporous state caused by high levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood

   “deep-sea divers can suffer nitrogen narcosis from breathing air under high pressure”

   Broadernarcosis

Questions about nitrogen narcosis

What does nitrogen narcosis mean?

nitrogen narcosis means "confused or stuporous state caused by high levels of dissolved nitrogen in the blood".

Is nitrogen narcosis a common word?

nitrogen narcosis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.