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The bends is another name for decompression sickness.

U-BETCHA! Decompression sickness, (DCS) (also historically or colloquially known as divers' disease, the bends or caisson disease) describes a condition arising from the precipitation of dissolved gasses into bubbles inside the body on depressurisation. DCS most commonly refers to a specific type of scuba diving hazard but may be experienced in other depressurisation events such as caisson working, flying in unpressurised aircraft and extra-vehicular activity from spacecraft.

FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD are variations of the UNIX operating system - and are so named "BSD" meaning Blue Screen of Death - referring to how often Microsoft Windows crashed and produced this "Blue Screen".

Nope! They are all variations of UNIX, but "BSD" in this case refers to Berkeley Software Distribution (at the University of California at Berkeley.

A cataract can be both an eye complaint and a waterfall.

Yup. The Cataract is a large, powerful waterfall. You know what an eye cataract is...

A Nocturnal Emission means wetting the bed.

Not likely! A Nocturnal Emission is an ejaculation during sleep by a male. It is also called a "wet dream", or a spontaneous orgasm.

Nocturnal emissions are most common during teenage and early adult years. However, nocturnal emissions may happen any time during or after puberty. The emission may happen with or without an erection, and it is possible to wake up during, or to simply sleep through, the ejaculation. It can also refer to women experiencing menstrual emissions that also often occur at night.

Hydrophobia is “fear of open spaces”.

Un-uh. It's Agoraphobia. Hydrophobia or Rabies, is a set of symptoms of the later stages of an infection, in which the victim has difficulty swallowing, shows panic when presented with liquids to drink, and cannot quench his or her thirst.





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