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hypobarism (medicine) and Option (finance)


hypobarism (medicine)


hypobarism
<physiology> Dysbarism resulting from decreasing barometric pressure on the body without hypoxia; gas in body cavities tends to expand, and gases dissolved in body fluids tend to come out of solution as bubbles.

Compare: decompression sickness.

Synonym: hypobaria.


Option (finance)


The right but not the obligation to buy or sell a fixed quantity of a commodity, currency or Security at a fixed price on or until a particular date.