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Full name: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
A medical treatment in which a patient breathes 100% oxygen inside a chamber pressurised above atmospheric pressure. The elevated pressure dissolves additional oxygen directly into blood plasma, driving tissue oxygenation at levels unachievable at normal atmospheric pressure.
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This HBOT Hub glossary entry covers Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a term used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy — its definition, clinical significance, and relevance across treatment protocols, chamber types, and research applications. Browse the full HBOT A–Z glossary for related terminology, or see our research library for context on how this concept appears in the HBOT literature.
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