Lexicographical Neighbors of Distenders
Literary usage of Distenders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1895)
"As ornaments, the true Caribs wear crescent-shaped ^Dse-pieces and ear-distenders,
as well as lip ornaments, — "*r-owns of feathers, feather ruffs, ..."
2. Supplementary Papers by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1889)
"Both sexes wear brass and iron bangles on arms and ankles, and round the neck
great lengths of very finely worked iron chain ; also large distenders as ..."
3. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"That is to say, while the upper set of ribs are direct lateral distenders of the
lung, the lower set is made accessory to the diaphragm. ..."
4. On asthma: its pathology and treatment by Henry Hyde Salter (1868)
"... but now their upper attachment is fixed, and from it they act as mediate or
immediate elevators of the ribs and distenders of the thoracic cavity; ..."
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