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Definition of distend verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

distend

verb

NAmE//dɪˈstɛnd//

[transitive, intransitive] distend (something) (formal or medical)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they distend

he / she / it distends

past simple distended

-ing form distending

to swell or make something swell because of pressure from inside starving children with huge distended bellies

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distension

NAmE//dɪˈstɛnʃn//

noun [uncountable] distension of the stomachSee distend in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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