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Distention

noun

The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions. Synonyms: dilatation, distension.

The act of expanding by pressure from within. Synonym: distension.

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"Distention" Quotes from Famous Books

... of its victim, and to eat its way into a vital part, whilst being carried along—a decided fallacy, for neither the Glutton nor our Indian species of Helictis are arboreal in their habits. Then it was accused of eating to such a pitch of distention that it had to squeeze itself between two close-growing trees for relief ere it returned again to the repast. There is no doubt, however, that it is to a great extent voracious and extremely cunning; and what ...

— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale

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Words linked to "Distention" : physiological state, expansion, ectasia, physiological condition, physical condition, distend, enlargement, tympanites, varicocele, ectasis