Distention

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of distending or the state of being distended.
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  • n. The act of distending.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended.
  • n. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of distending, or the state of being distended; dilatation; a stretching in all directions; inflation: as, the distention of the lungs or stomach.
  • n. A stretching in any direction; extension.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
  • n. the act of expanding by pressure from within
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expansion    enlargement   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    breadth   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dilation    mucosa    adenocarcinoma    distension    bloating    bulla    trigone    obst    hemorrhoids    aneurism   
     
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