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Scuba diving
Underwater diving in which the diver uses scuba gears to breathe underwater.
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Adrenaline
Sports; Scuba diving
A hormone secreted by the adrenal gland into the circulatory system which stimulates the heart, blood vessels and respiratory system.
Open circuit scuba
Sports; Scuba diving
Apparatus used in recreational diving. Exhaled air is expelled into the water as bubbles, no part is re-breathed by the diver.
Jetty
Sports; Scuba diving
A structure, usually made with rocks, extended into a sea, lake or river to influence the current or tide in order to protect a harbor.
Marco photography
Sports; Scuba diving
A method of getting close-up pictures of a subject by using Marco accessories attached to the camera's lens.
Squeeze
Sports; Scuba diving
Pain or discomfort in an enclosed (sinuses, Middle ear, inside a mask), caused by shrinkage of that space, occurs on decent.
Artificial respiration
Sports; Scuba diving
Any means by which an alternating increase and decrease in chest volume is artificially created while maintaining an open airway in mouth and nose passages; mouth to mouth, mouth to nose and mouth to ...
