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Distension

noun
1.
The act of expanding by pressure from within.  Synonym: distention.
2.
The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.  Synonyms: dilatation, distention.






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"Distension" Quotes from Famous Books



... Malays; they are smaller in their persons and shorter in stature; their mouths are broad, noses very flat, and their ears are pierced and distended in so extraordinary a manner as nearly, in many instances, to touch the shoulders, particularly when the flap has, by excessive distension or by accident, been rent asunder; but these pendulous excrescences are commonly trimmed and reduced to the ordinary size when they are brought away from their own country. Preposterous however as this custom may appear, ...
— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden



Words linked to "Distension" :   tympanites, distend, ectasis, ectasia, varicocele, physical condition, enlargement, physiological state, physiological condition, dilatation, expansion



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