Distension

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  • noun. The act of distending or the state of being distended.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. See distention.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as distention.
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  • noun. The act of distending.
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  • noun. the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions
  • noun. the act of expanding by pressure from within
    • Word Usage
    "As a bloated corpse swells and its distended belly explodes, sending guts flying and Booth retching, Bones does a happy dance: You rarely get to actually see a body rupture from distension."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    enlargement  expansion  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    appendicitis  bifurcation  bursitis  cecum  contraction  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bloat  bloatedness  bloating  blowing up  boil  
    variant
    distention  
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