Definition of Distension

1. Noun. The act of expanding by pressure from within.

Exact synonyms: Distention
Generic synonyms: Enlargement, Expansion
Derivative terms: Distend, Distend, Distend, Distend, Distend

2. Noun. The state of being stretched beyond normal dimensions.
Exact synonyms: Dilatation, Distention
Generic synonyms: Physical Condition, Physiological Condition, Physiological State
Specialized synonyms: Tympanites, Ectasia, Ectasis, Varicocele
Derivative terms: Dilate, Distend, Distend

Definition of Distension

1. n. Same as Distention.

Definition of Distension

1. Noun. The act of distending. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Distension

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Distension

1. The act or state of being distended or stretched. See: dilation. Origin: L. Dis-tendo, to stretch apart (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Distension

distemperature
distemperatures
distempered
distempering
distemperment
distemperments
distempers
distend
distended
distender
distenders
distending
distends
distensibility
distensible
distension (current term)
distensions
distent
distention
distention cyst
distention ulcer
distentions
distermination
disthene
disthenes
disthrone
disthroned
disthrones
disthroning
disthronize

Literary usage of Distension

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Ph. Ricord, Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1859)
"Of the distension of the Ureters. It sometimes happens that the irritation from the distension of the bladder, and the difficulty in throwing out its ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"On Painful distension of the Vagina after the Birth of the Child. ... It arises from distension of the vagina, either by accumulated coagula, ..."

3. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"Dr. Gairdner has suggested, aa another cause for cardiac distension, the expanding force of inspiration, when the lung is diminished in capacity, ..."

4. The Lancet (1898)
"The distension mainly concerned the descending colon and sigmoid ... distension of the colon and obstinate constipation have been noticed practically from ..."

5. A System of Midwifery: Including the Diseases of Pregnancy and the Puerperal by William Leishman (1876)
"Of these the more important are hydrocephalus, fluid distension of the great cavities of the trunk, and tumours of various kinds springing from its external ..."

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