bends

bends
Synonyms and related words:
Minamata disease, altitude sickness, anoxemia, anoxia, anoxic anoxia, anthrax, asteroids, aurora particles, black lung, blackout, caisson disease, chilblain, cosmic particles, cosmic ray bombardment, decompression sickness, frostbite, immersion foot, intergalactic matter, itai, jet lag, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, meteor dust impacts, meteors, motion sickness, pneumoconiosis, radiation, radiation sickness, radionecrosis, red-out, space bullets, sunstroke, the bends, trench foot, weightlessness

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  • Bends — Bends, or the bends may refer to: * The bends , usually understood to refer to Decompression sickness. * The Bends , a 1995 album by British band Radiohead. ** The Bends (song), a song from the above album. * The Bends , a song by the group Mr.… …   Wikipedia

  • bends — [bendz] pl.n. [with sing. or pl. v.] the severe pain in the limbs, joints, and abdomen during decompression sickness: preceded by the * * * …   Universalium

  • bends — [bendz] pl.n. [with sing. or pl. v.] the severe pain in the limbs, joints, and abdomen during decompression sickness: preceded by the …   English World dictionary

  • bends — Colloquialism for caisson sickness; decompression sickness. [fr. convulsive posture of those so afflicted] * * * bends ben(d)z n pl but sing or pl in constr the painful manifestations (as joint pain) of decompression sickness also DECOMPRESSION… …   Medical dictionary

  • Bends Hatch (ville) — Bends Hatch est un village fictif des États Unis créé par Hermann, dessinateur et scénariste de bande dessinée et utilisée dans sa série Jeremiah. C est le village d origine de Jeremiah et de sa Tante Martha. C est là qu il rencontre Kurdy Malloy …   Wikipédia en Français

  • bends, the — [ bendz ] noun plural severe pain that DIVERS get if they come up from under the water too quickly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Bends of a ship — Bend Bend, n. [See {Bend}, v. t., and cf. {Bent}, n.] 1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. [1913 Webster] 2. Turn;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bends — noun see decompression sickness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • bends — noun a) A condition of bubbles in the blood which sometimes occurs during ascent. b) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ships side, wales …   Wiktionary

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