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verb
- 1. swell or cause to swell by pressure from inside: "the abdomen distended rapidly"
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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.
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?
Distend definition: to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic. See examples of DISTEND used in a sentence.
distend (something) to swell (= become larger and rounder than before) or make something swell because of pressure from inside He tied a piece of cloth around his upper arm to impede circulation and distend the veins.
(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.
Your stomach will certainly feel stretched out if you do something — like overeat — that causes it to distend. The word distend often applies to stomachs — a pregnancy would also cause a stomach to distend — but it can also refer to anything that is stretched out as a result of internal pressure.
1. to expand or be expanded by or as if by pressure from within; swell; inflate. 2. ( tr) to stretch out or extend. 3. ( tr) to magnify in importance; exaggerate. [C14: from Latin distendere, from dis- 1 + tendere to stretch] disˈtender n. disˈtensible adj. disˌtensiˈbility n. disˈtension, disˈtention n.
Distend definition, to expand by stretching, as something hollow or elastic: Habitual overeating had distended his stomach. See more.
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]
Jun 8, 2024 · distend (third-person singular simple present distends, present participle distending, simple past and past participle distended) ( transitive, reflexive, archaic) To extend; to stretch out; to spread out. ( transitive) To cause to swell. ( biology) To cause gravidity.
