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1distended — index inflated (enlarged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2distended — [adj] swollen bloated, bulging, enlarged, expanded, inflated, puffed out, puffy, stretched, tumescent, tumid, turgid; concept 485 …
3distended — distendedly, adv. distendedness, n. /di sten did/, adj. 1. increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse. 2. swollen, by or as by internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant …
4Distended — Distend Dis*tend , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Distending}.] [L. distendere, distentum, distensum; dis + tendere to stretch, stretch out: cf. F. distendre to distend, d[ e]tendre to unbend. See {Tend}, and cf. {Detent}.] 1.… …
5distended swollen — expanded expanded adj. increased in extent or size or bulk or scope. Opposite of {contracted}. [Narrower terms: {blown up, enlarged}; {dilated}; {distended, swollen}; {inflated}] [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Printnig) wider than usual for a particular… …
6distended — adj. Distended is used with these nouns: ↑belly …
7distended — adjective a distended abdomen Syn: swollen, bloated, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, expanded, extended, bulging, protuberant …
8distended — distend ► VERB ▪ swell because of internal pressure. DERIVATIVES distended adjective distensibility noun distensible adjective distension noun. ORIGIN Latin distendere, from tendere to stretch …
9distended scales — erected scales, a symptom of various fish diseases involving swellings such as dropsies …
10distended — adjective a) Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen. b) gravid …
