bends n : pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn: decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease]

English

Noun

bends

1. Plural of bend
2. In the context of "diving": A condition of bubbles in the blood which sometimes occurs during ascent.

Verb

bends

1. third-person singular of bend

Bends, or the bends may refer to:

• "The bends", usually understood to refer to Decompression sickness.
• The Bends, a 1995 album by British band Radiohead.
  • "The Bends" (song), a song from the above album.
• "The Bends", a song by the group Mr. Bungle on their 1995 album, Disco Volante.
• bends, a French alternative rock band from 1993 to 1998.
• It may be plural or a verb conjugation form of "bend".

Minamata disease, altitude sickness, anoxemia, anoxia, anoxic anoxia, anthrax, asteroids, aurora particles, black lung, blackout, caisson disease, chilblain, cosmic particles, cosmic ray bombardment, decompression sickness, frostbite, immersion foot, intergalactic matter, itai, jet lag, lead poisoning, mercury poisoning, meteor dust impacts, meteors, motion sickness, pneumoconiosis, radiation, radiation sickness, radionecrosis, red-out, space bullets, sunstroke, the bends, trench foot, weightlessness