The word is in the Wiktionary

8 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• decompression n. The process of decompressing.
• decompression n. The restoration to atmospheric pressure of a person who has spent time under higher pressure (such as a diver).
• decompression n. A mode of operation of some internal combustion engines which reduces the engine’s compression ratio…
• decompression n. (Medicine) The relief of pressure on a body part by surgery.

— English word, defined in French —

• decompression n. Décompression.

— In French —

• décompression n.f. Action de décompresser, diminution de la pression.
• décompression n.f. (Sens figuré) Détente, relaxation.
• décompression n.f. (Informatique) Opération inverse de la compression de données.

39 English words from 4 English definitions

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9 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Action compression Détente diminution données inverse pression relaxation Sens

7 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

décompresser Décompression de␣la figuré Informatique Opération Sens␣figuré

5 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

decompressions decompression␣bomb decompression␣bombs decompression␣chamber decompression␣sickness

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

microdecompression

51 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

com COM .com com- com. Com. comp Comp comp. Comp. compress compression dec Dec DEC dec- dec. Dec. deco Deco decomp decompress eco ECO eco- ess ESS -ess Ess. ion Ion -ion MPR pre pre- pres Pres pres. Pres. press Press pression res RES Res. -ress sion Sion -sion SSI S.S.I.

18 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

CED ERP ISS Isse moc MOC NOI NOIs OIs OIS PMO rpm RPM ser SER ser. SERP SSE

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

decompressions

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

monodisperse processioned promised␣ones

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

recompression

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