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bends (root: bend)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bends has 1 sense
- bends(n = noun.state) aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure; Array is a kind of illness, malady, sickness, unwellness
THESAURUS
bends
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
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