Antonyms for distension


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-sten-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɛn ʃən


Definition of distension

Origin :
  • also distension, early 15c., from Middle French distension and directly from Latin distensionem (nominative distensio, distentio), noun of action from past participle stem of distendere (see distend).
  • As in inflation : noun increase, swelling
  • As in prolongation : noun extension
  • As in protraction : noun extension
  • As in satiation : noun fullness
  • As in expansion : noun growth
  • As in extension : noun enlargement, continuation
  • As in fatness : noun overweight
  • As in fullness : noun abundance, breadth
Example sentences :
  • These latter cases might be classed under the head of distension.
  • Extract from : « Vegetable Teratology » by Maxwell T. Masters
  • It is an expression that seems to me capable of extension and distension.
  • Extract from : « Personal Reminiscences in Book Making » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • The distension of this capsule can be used to raise the lever (L′).
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 3 » by Various
  • No emotion was perceptible on her features—no distension of the eye, no flush of the cheek.
  • Extract from : « The Bastonnais » by John Lesperance
  • Sometimes it is due to paralysis of the muscular coat, permitting its distension by food.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Annular dilatation is sometimes due to distension just above the seat of a stricture.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Hence its distension with food completely blocks up the calibre of the oesophagus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • False tumors produced by spasm of the muscular walls of the stomach may be made to disappear by this distension of the organ.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • Relief is obtained both from the pain and from the sense of distension by expulsion of flatus.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • At the last-named location the distension is so great that the mass can be readily felt through the abdominal walls.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various

Synonyms for distension

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