Bends

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "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