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Distention   Listen
noun
Distention  n.  
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.





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... Nature of inflammation. Distention of the arteries. Cure of ophthalmias. Asthenic diseases. Cold. Intemperance. Mental exertions. Classes of ...
— Popular Lectures on Zoonomia - Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease • Thomas Garnett


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


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