air bends
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air-bends — airˈ bends plural noun Aeroembolism • • • Main Entry: ↑air … Useful english dictionary
air bends — noun plural : aeroembolism … Useful english dictionary
Air-free technique — Air free techniques refer to a range of manipulations in the chemistry laboratory for the handling of compounds that are air sensitive. These techniques prevent the compounds from reacting with components of air, usually water and oxygen; less… … Wikipedia
bends — Colloquialism for caisson sickness; decompression sickness. [fr. convulsive posture of those so afflicted] * * * bends ben(d)z n pl but sing or pl in constr the painful manifestations (as joint pain) of decompression sickness also DECOMPRESSION… … Medical dictionary
Air University (Pakistan) — Infobox University name =Air University established =2002 type =Public endowment = staff = faculty = chancellor =Air Marshal Qazi Javed Ahmed rector = pro rector = students = undergrad = postgrad = doctoral = profess = city =Islamabad state =… … Wikipedia
air embolism — noun 1. obstruction of the circulatory system caused by an air bubble as, e.g., accidentally during surgery or hypodermic injection or as a complication from scuba diving • Syn: ↑aeroembolism, ↑gas embolism • Hypernyms: ↑embolism 2. pain… … Useful english dictionary
bends — n.; see compressed air illness … The new mediacal dictionary
bends — /bɛndz/ (say bendz) plural noun the, a disorder involving the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and caused by a too rapid decrease in the pressure to which the body is subjected, sometimes fatal if untreated; found in divers who have… …
bends — noun pain resulting from rapid change in pressure • Syn: ↑decompression sickness, ↑aeroembolism, ↑air embolism, ↑gas embolism, ↑caisson disease • Hypernyms: ↑illness, ↑unwellness, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
the bends — Caisson disease Cais son dis*ease (Med.) A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It is characterized by neuralgic pains and paralytic symptoms. It is caused by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
