2. Adjective. Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen. ¹
3. Adjective. (biology) gravid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distended
1. distend [v] - See also: distend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distended
Literary usage of Distended
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1866)
"Percussion yields a perfectly flat sound over the distended part of the chest,
and sometimes over the whole side affected, though this is comparatively rare ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... and all the teeth came shatter'd forth ; His eyeballs fill'd with blood ; for
breath he gasp'd Through nostrils and through lips distended wide ; And ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"Widely distended bile-duct which was transplanted at previous operation, b.
Remaining stump of duodenum after removal of duodenum and head of the pancreas, ..."
4. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1890)
"DIODON MACULATUS (distended AND CONTRACTED). One day I was amused by watching
the habits of the Diodon antennatus, which was caught swimming near the shore. ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"preventing the passage of blood through them, so that, under its influence, the
lungs became blanched and the right side of the heart distended. ..."
6. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie (1812)
"Gall-bladder distended with Bile. The gall-bladder is sometimes distended with
bile so as to be of nearly twice its usual size; at other times, ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"distended abdomen, growing more so ; no pain or tenderness; absolute constipation in
... Coils of distended intestine outlined through abdominal walls. ..."
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