distended
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dɪd adjective
1.
increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
2.
swollen, by or as by internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant: distended wineskins; the distended arteries of his neck.
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
1.
to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic: Habitual overeating had distended his stomach.
2.
to spread in all directions; expand; swell: The sea distended about them.
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World English Dictionary
distend (dɪˈstɛnd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to expand or be expanded by or as if by pressure from within; swell; inflate |
| 2. | (tr) to stretch out or extend |
| 3. | (tr) to magnify in importance; exaggerate |
| [C14: from Latin distendere, from | |
| dis'tender | |
| —n | |
| dis'tensible | |
| —adj | |
| distensi'bility | |
| —n | |
| dis'tension | |
| —n | |
| dis'tention | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
distend
c.1400, from L. distendere "to swell or stretch out, extend," from dis- "apart" + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Distended.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
distend di·stend (dĭ-stěnd')
v. dis·tend·ed, dis·tend·ing, dis·tends
To swell out or expand or cause to swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure.
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Example sentences
It is only after stomach muscles have wasted that the distended bellies so sadly familiar from television pictures appear.
When the duct is distended, the spaces between the folds are dilated, so as to give to its exterior a twisted appearance.
His pulse was thready and fast, his belly distended, his bowel ominously silent.
On it rest some coils of small intestine, and occasionally the distended sigmoid colon.
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