Adjective: distended di'sten-did
- Abnormally expanded, esp. by fluids or gas
"he had a grossly distended stomach";
- puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, bloated, swollen
- Swell from or as if from internal pressure
"The distended bellies of the starving cows"
- Cause to expand as if by internal pressure
"The gas distended the animal's body"
- Become wider
"His stomach distended after the large meal";
- dilate
See also: unhealthy
Type of: bloat, intumesce, puff, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce, widen
Encyclopedia: Distended
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