the bends
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Decompression sickness, also known as "the bends", is a problem typically associated with scuba diving, which bubbles form inside the body due to a change in external pressure.
From BBC • Jun. 13, 2024
In an archived version of the Navy's FAQ, the animals are praised, along with sea lions, for their resistance to pressure-change sickness known as "the bends" that can be detrimental to human divers when resurfacing.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 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
It had somehow come through all the bends and curves, and here must have caught a slight crosscurrent.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
