'bends' definitions:
Definition of 'bends'
(from WordNet)
noun
Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure [syn: decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends]
Synonyms of 'bends'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Minamata disease,
- motion sickness,
- pneumoconiosis,
- radiation,
- radiation sickness,
- radionecrosis,
- red-out,
- space bullets,
- sunstroke,
- the bends,
- trench foot,
- weightlessness
Words containing 'bends'
- Bend,
- Bend, OR,
- Bended,
- Bending,
- the bends,
- Bend sinister,
- Bends of a ship,
- Bessemer Bend,
- Big Bend,
- Carrick bend,
- Eagle Bend,
- East Bend,
- Fort Bend,
- Gila Bend,
- Granny's bend,
- Great Bend,
- Grecian bend,
- Horseshoe Bend,
- Hudson Bend,
- Malta Bend,
- McCord Bend,
- Midship bend,
- Mission Bend,
- North Bend,
- North Bend, OR,
- Return bend,
- River Bend,
- Sheet bend,
- South Bend,
- South Bend, IN,
- To bend the brow,
- West Bend,
- around the bend,
- becket bend,
- bend dexter,
- bend over backwards,
- blind bend,
- fisherman's bend,
- hairpin bend,
- hawser bend,
- knee bend,
- round the bend,
- Bessemer Bend, WY,
- Big Bend State,
- Big Bend, CA,
- Big Bend, WI,
- Eagle Bend, MN,
- East Bend, NC,
- Fort Bend County,
- Fort Bend, TX,
- Gila Bend, AZ,
- Great Bend, KS,
- Great Bend, ND,
- Great Bend, NY,
- Great Bend, PA,
- Horseshoe Bend, AR,
- Horseshoe Bend, ID,
- Hudson Bend, TX,
- Malta Bend, MO,
- McCord Bend, MO,
- Mission Bend, TX,
- North Bend, NE,
- North Bend, OH,
- North Bend, WA,
- River Bend, MO,
- River Bend, NC,
- South Bend, NE,
- South Bend, WA,
- South Toledo Bend,
- West Bend, IA,
- West Bend, WI,
- mind-bending,
- Fort Bend County, TX,
- Post Oak Bend City,
- South Toledo Bend, TX,
- big bend national park,
- Post Oak Bend City, TX