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

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..

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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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..

Bloated :: Bloated (p. a.) Distended beyond the natural or usual size, as by the presence of water, serum, etc.; turgid; swollen; as, a bloated face. Also, puffed up with pride; pompous..

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

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

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

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

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

Distent :: Distent (a.) Distended.

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

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