the bends
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If a diver returns to the surface too quickly, the nitrogen bubbles don't have time to dissipate - leading to a dangerous condition known as decompression sickness, also known as the bends.
From BBC • Aug. 20, 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In an archived version of the Navy's FAQ, the animals are praised, along with sea lions, for their resistance to pressure-change sickness known as "the bends" that can be detrimental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
Even as global food prices rise, many people including Gueye’s clientele still favour imports over the rice grown along the bends of the Senegal river valley in the north.
From Reuters • Oct. 20, 2022
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 • Feb. 8, 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
