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Distensible :: Distensible (a.) Capable of being distended or dilated.

Distention :: Distention (n.) Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.

Distention :: Distention (n.) 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..

Expand :: Expand (v. i.) To become widely opened, spread apart, dilated, distended, or enlarged; as, flowers expand in the spring; metals expand by heat; the heart expands with joy..

Distended :: Distended (imp. & p. p.) of Disten.

Full-blown :: Full-blown (a.) Fully distended with wind, as a sail..

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..

Tumored :: Tumored (a.) Distended; swelled.

Ventriculous :: Ventriculous (a.) Somewhat distended in the middle; ventricular.

Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh..

Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit..

Wind :: Wind (n.) A disease of sheep, in which the intestines are distended with air, or rather affected with a violent inflammation. It occurs immediately after shearing..

Distensive :: Distensive (a.) Distending, or capable of being distended..

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..

Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas..

Distent :: Distent (a.) Distended.

Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp..

Ileus :: Ileus (n.) A morbid condition due to intestinal obstruction. It is characterized by complete constipation, with griping pains in the abdomen, which is greatly distended, and in the later stages by vomiting of fecal matter. Called also ileac, / iliac, passion..

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc..

Fyke :: Fyke (n.) A long bag net distended by hoops, into which fish can pass easily, without being able to return; -- called also fyke net..

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