the bends
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Some of the bends were squeezed into regions smaller than a billionth of a meter.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
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
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
And when I start to rise, I get a bad case of the bends.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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