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Definition of Distensible
1. Adjective. Capable of being distended; able to stretch and expand. "The stomach is a distensible organ"
Definition of Distensible
1. a. Capable of being distended or dilated.
Definition of Distensible
1. Adjective. Capable of swelling or stretching. ¹
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Definition of Distensible
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distensible
Literary usage of Distensible
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text Book of the Principles of Physics by Alfred Daniell (1895)
"Amount of outflow from distensible elastic tubes. ... If the distensible elastic
vessel became rigid it would be necessary, in order to keep up the same ..."
2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1891)
"distensible Hymen.—A few cases are on record in which the hymen was so exceedingly
distensible as to permit not only coition, but also the birth of a child ..."
3. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1858)
"... products into distensible cellular tissue. During the continuance of the
contraction, the sounds of respiration and of percussion are usually somewhat ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"1737. which, when not excessive, is of great utility to the gropes, keeping the
skin soft and distensible, as well as thin, and allowing thereby the solar ..."
5. Oculo-refractive Cyclopedia and Dictionary by Thomas George Atkinson (1921)
"The arteries are furnished with elastic tissue which gives them elastic properties;
ie they are distensible under force, but their elastic recoil tends to ..."
6. Introduction to the Differential Diagnosis of the Separate Forms of by Hans Kehr (1901)
"4 Acute Cholecystitis in a Relatively but Slightly Altered, distensible Gall-Bladder.
First I report some typical cases of acute sero-purulent cholecystitis ..."
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