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Definition of Distending
1. distend [v] - See also: distend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distending
Literary usage of Distending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and practice of operative surgery by Stephen Smith (1887)
"The danger of wounding the peritoneum has been much diminished by the device of
distending the rectum, which elevates the peritoneal folds from the pelvis ..."
2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1830)
"One of the incisions was hurst open hy the distending force ah interno, ...
or some hody within distending it. The os uteri heing distended, ..."
3. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck, Raymond Johnson (1895)
"... by the limb on forcibly distending th right hip-Joint with Huid. capsule is
inflamed. It has also been pointed out by Barker that in full extension "the ..."
4. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"Urethra laid open with probes distending the glands (posterior wall divided).
Upon each side, near the floor of the female urethra, there are two tubules ..."
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