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Distension

noun
1.
The act of expanding by pressure from within.  Synonym: distention.
2.
The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.  Synonyms: dilatation, distention.






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"Distension" Quotes from Famous Books



... observed, that most of the females are pot-bellied; a circumstance owing, I believe, to the great quantity of vegetable trash which they eat. All the horses, mules, asses, and cattle, which feed upon grass, have the same distension. This kind of food produces such acid juices in the stomach, as excite a perpetual sense of hunger. I have been often amazed at the voracious appetites of these people. You must not expect that I should describe the tables and the hospitality ...
— Travels Through France and Italy • Tobias Smollett



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



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