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dis⋅ten⋅tion

[di-sten-shuhn]
–noun
the act of distending or the state of being distended.
Also, dis⋅ten⋅sion.


Origin:
1375–1425; late ME distensioun < L distentiōn- (s. of distentiō), equiv. to distent(us) distent + -iōn- -ion
dis·ten·tion also dis·ten·sion   (dĭ-stěn'shən)   
n.  The act of distending or the state of being distended.

[Middle English distensioun, from Old French, from Latin distēnsiō, distēnsiōn-, alteration of distentiō, from distentus, past participle of distendere, to distend; see distend.]

Distention

Dis*ten"tion\, n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]

1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.

2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

distention dis·ten·tion or dis·ten·sion (dĭ-stěn'shən)
n.
The act of distending or the state of being distended.

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