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Distention

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






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"Distention" Quotes from Famous Books



... continued knitting, I could see that her eyes were directed to that part of my person, and fixed upon the increasing distention of my trousers. In a few minutes she gave me a skein of worsted to hold, and desired me to kneel in front of her, so as to bring my hands down to the level of the low chair on ...
— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous

... the difficulties in the diagnosis of pregnancy, gives several excellent photographs showing the close resemblance between several pathologic conditions and the normal distention of the abdomen in pregnancy. A woman who had several children fell sick with a chest-affection, followed by an edema. For fifteen months she was confined to her bed, and had never had connection with ...
— Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine • George M. Gould



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



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