Hypertext Webster Gateway: "distention"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Distention \Dis*ten"tion\, n. [L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]
1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or
in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the
distention of the lungs.
2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
distention
n : the act of expanding by pressure from within [syn: {distension}]
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