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distensible

[dih-sten-suh-buhl]

adjective

capable of being distended.

Origin:
1820–30; < Latin distēns(us) (past participle of distendere; distend- distend + -tus past participle suffix) + -ible

Related forms

dis·ten·si·bil·i·ty, noun

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distend (dɪˈstɛnd)

—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-¹ + tendere to stretch]

dis'tender

—n

dis'tensible

—*adj*

distensi'bility

—n

dis'tension

—n

dis'tention

—n

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distensible

dis·ten·si·ble