DISTENTION

distention. Distention, n. a stretching or enlarging, breadth

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Dis‐ten″tion (?), n. [[L. distentio: cf. F. distension.]] 1. 1. The act of distending; the act of stretching in breadth or in all directions; the state of being Distended; as, the distention of the lungs.
2. 2. Breadth; extent or space occupied by the thing distended.