the bends
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In an archived version of the Navy's FAQ, the animals are praised, along with sea lions, for their resistance to pressure-change sickness known as "the bends" that can be detrimental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
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
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
I look and I look and I don’t see no settlement but who knows what’s around the bends and curves?
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
