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dis·ten·tion or dis·ten·sion (d

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n.

The act of distending or the state of being distended.

distention,

n a state of dilation.

distention

the state of being distended, or stretched out or enlarged; the act of distending. For individual local distentions see the location, e.g. abomasal distention.

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