Distend Definition

dĭ-stĕnd
distended, distending, distends
verb
distended, distending, distends
To stretch out.
Webster's New World
To expand; make or become swollen.
Webster's New World
To cause to expand, especially from internal pressure; dilate.
Fluid distends a blister.
American Heritage Medicine

(biology) To cause gravidity.

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Origin of Distend

  • Middle English distenden from Latin distendere dis- dis- tendere to stretch ten- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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