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- swollen, by or as by internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant: distended wineskins; the distended arteries of his neck.
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(usually of the stomach or another part of the body) to swell and become large, especially because of pressure from inside: During digestion, sugar may produce wind that distends the stomach. The medication I take causes my lower belly to distend. Fewer examples. Many doctors use different liquids to distend the bladder prior to a biopsy.
- English (US)
DISTEND meaning: 1. (usually of the stomach or another part...
- Znaczenie Distend, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
distend definicja: 1. (usually of the stomach or another...
- Distend in Simplified Chinese
DISTEND translate: （通常指腹部或身体其他部位）鼓起，隆起，凸起. Learn more in the...
- Distend in Traditional Chinese
DISTEND translate: （通常指腹部或身體其他部位）鼓起，隆起，凸起. Learn more in the...
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BLADDER definition: 1. an organ like a bag inside the body...
- English (US)
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb distend, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
verb. If a part of your body is distended, or if it distends, it becomes swollen and unnaturally large. [medicine, formal] Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas. [be VERB -ed] The colon, or large intestine, distends and fills with gas. [VERB] [Also VERB noun]
1. : extend. the main outlines of the land yet lay clearly distended before them Norman Douglas. 2. : to enlarge, expand, or stretch out (as from internal pressure) : swell. a distended abdomen. intransitive verb. : to become enlarged, expanded, or stretched out. causing the stomach to distend. Did you know?
Definition of distend verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To swell out or expand, especially from internal pressure: The puppies ate until their stomachs distended. v.tr. To cause to expand, especially from internal pressure; dilate: Fluid distends a blister. [Middle English distenden, from Latin distendere : dis-, dis- + tendere, to stretch; see ten- in Indo-European roots.]
Distend To become expanded or inflated; to swell. "His heart distends with pride." Distend To extend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. "But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased?"
