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distension

/dih-sten-shuhn/US // dɪˈstɛn ʃən //

膨胀,胀气,腹胀,扩张

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of distending or the state of being distended.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inprolongation
as inprotraction
as insatiation

Examples

  • It is capable of considerable distension, and after retraction, to allow of the child passing down it from the Womb.

  • It presently reduced the anasarcous swellings, but made no alteration in the distension of the abdomen.

  • As the distension of the belly had been very great, a swathe was applied, and drawn gradually tighter as the water was evacuated.

  • This kind of ant has a distension of the abdomen in which honey is stored by the workers for cases of need.

  • His mouth was closed, but his nostrils seemed undergoing a rhythmical contraction and distension most interesting and unusual.