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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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Distended
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- If the colon does not contract properly, the splenic flexure can become distended.
- Flanking his skull are two silver ear spools, which would have been placed inside his hugely distended earlobes.
- What is dissipated, divided, and distended rots and falls to the ground.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
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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Etymonline
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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