the bends
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I can see knots under the skin in the bends of his arm.
From Salon • Oct. 11, 2025
At the end of each stint he spent 16 hours in a decompression chamber so he didn't get the bends - caused by bubbles forming in the blood.
From BBC • May 28, 2023
Mr. Keller used a new cocktail of gases intended to lessen the risks of the bends.
From Washington Post • Dec. 25, 2022
When divers rose to the surface too fast, they risked decompression sickness, also known as the bends, where the wrong gases build up in the blood.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2022
The canoes traveled steadily, zigzagging along the bends in the river.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
