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Distended

/dɪˈstɛndɪd/

To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

📖 Definitions of "Distended"

verb
  1. 1

    To extend or expand, as from internal pressure; to swell

  2. 2

    To extend; to stretch out; to spread out.

  3. 3

    To cause to swell.

  4. 4

    To cause gravidity.

adjective
  1. 1

    Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.

  2. 2

    Gravid.

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