di·stend (d -st nd )v. To swell out or expand or cause to swell out or expand from or as if from internal pressure. |
distend
[distend′]
Etymology: L, distendere, to stretch
to enlarge or dilate something.
distend [dis-tend´]
to expand outward owing to pressure from within.
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