the bends
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Some of the bends were squeezed into regions smaller than a billionth of a meter.
From Science Daily β Aug. 17, 2026
I can see knots under the skin in the bends of his arm.
From Salon β 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 β May 28, 2023
Tests later determined that a supersaturation event had caused gas bubbles inside the rays, similar to the bends in human scuba divers.
From Seattle Times β Feb. 8, 2022
Eads discovered that workers began experiencing the bends at sixty feet below ground, roughly half the depth to which a Chicago caisson would have to descend.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
