HyperDic: bends

English > 1 sense of the word bends:
NOUNstatebends, decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson diseasepain resulting from rapid change in pressure
bends > pronunciation
Soundsbeh'ndz
Rhymesamends
English > bends: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaningpain resulting from rapid change in pressure.
Synonymsdecompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease
Broaderillness, unwellness, malady, sicknessimpairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
Spanishaeroembolismo
Catalansíndrome de descompressió

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