Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Distension"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distension \Dis*ten"sion\, n.
Same as {Distention}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distension
n 1: the act of expanding by pressure from within [syn: {distention}]
2: the state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions [syn:
{dilatation}]
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