Decompression has several meanings:

• in physics, decompression is the release of pressure and is the opposition of physical compression
• in medicine and aviation, decompression can refer to decompression sickness
• in surgery, decompression can refer to a procedure used to treat spinal stenosis, carotid artery stenosis or any condition where a structure is being compressed
• in scuba diving, decompression can refer to a decompression stop, a decompression chamber, a decompression buoy, a decompression trapeze, decompression tables or a decompression meter
• in festivals, decompression is a winding down decompression party
• in accidents involving pressured vessels, explosive decompression
• in computer science, decompression is the action of reversing data compression.
• in comic book storytelling, decompression is the stylistic choice to tell a story mainly by visuals, with few words. See decompression (comics).

Décompression