1. Abnormally expanded, esp. by fluids or gas
   "he had a grossly distended stomach";
   - puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, bloated, swollen

1. Swell from or as if from internal pressure
   "The distended bellies of the starving cows"
    
2. Cause to expand as if by internal pressure
   "The gas distended the animal's body"
    
3. 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