hyperbaric
adjective
hy·per·bar·ic
ˌhī-pər-ˈber-ik 
-ˈba-rik
: of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure especially of oxygen
a hyperbaric chamber
hyperbaric medicine
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Acknowledging that self-care looks different for everyone, New York’s wellness clubs offer a range of wellness services—from hyperbaric chambers to float tanks to cedar saunas.
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Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Walter Foxcroft, 43, was found dead inside a hyperbaric chamber by first responders at his medical facility, Navasu Health and Hyperbarics, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, around 11 p.m. local time on July 9, officials said.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 July 2025
Main image, a hyperbaric chamber is seen at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in 2014.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Thomas Cooper, a 5-year-old Michigan boy, was killed Jan. 31 when a fire broke out in a hyperbaric chamber at the Oxford Center, an alternative medicine clinic in the Detroit suburb of Troy.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 11 July 2025
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Anna Haines, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Walter Foxcroft, 43, was found dead inside a hyperbaric chamber by first responders at his medical facility, Navasu Health and Hyperbarics, in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, around 11 p.m. local time on July 9, officials said.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 14 July 2025
Main image, a hyperbaric chamber is seen at Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in 2014.
—Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Thomas Cooper, a 5-year-old Michigan boy, was killed Jan. 31 when a fire broke out in a hyperbaric chamber at the Oxford Center, an alternative medicine clinic in the Detroit suburb of Troy.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 11 July 2025
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hyperbaric
adjective
hy·per·bar·ic
ˌhī-pər-ˈbar-ik
1
: having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid
—used of solutions for spinal anesthesia
compare hypobaric
2
: of, relating to, or utilizing greater than normal pressure especially of oxygen
a hyperbaric chamber
hyperbaric treatment
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