Synonyms for distension
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-sten-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstɛn ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for distension Other synonyms for the word distension
- aggrandizement
- ampleness
- amplification
- amplitude
- annex
- appendage
- appendix
- arm
- augmentation
- blowing up
- boost
- branch
- breadth
- broadening
- broadness
- buildup
- bulkiness
- compass
- completeness
- completion
- comprehensiveness
- congestion
- continuing
- copiousness
- corpulence
- curvaceousness
- delay
- development
- diffusion
- dilatation
- dilation
- distance
- distension
- drawing out
- elongation
- engorgement
- enhancement
- enlargement
- entirety
- escalation
- evolution
- expanse
- extension
- extensiveness
- extent
- fill
- flab
- flesh
- fleshiness
- girth
- glut
- grossness
- heaviness
- heftiness
- increase
- intensification
- largeness
- lengthening
- magnification
- maturation
- multiplication
- obesity
- opening out
- orbit
- plenitude
- plenty
- plenum
- plumpness
- portliness
- postponement
- production
- profusion
- prolongation
- prosperity
- protraction
- protuberance
- pudginess
- puffiness
- purview
- radius
- reach
- repletion
- rotundity
- roundness
- satiation
- satiety
- saturation
- scope
- size
- space
- span
- spread
- spreading out
- stoutness
- stretch
- stretching
- sufficiency
- supplement
- surfeit
- sweep
- swelling
- totality
- tumefaction
- tumescence
- tumidity
- unfolding
- unfurling
- vastness
- voluptuousness
- wealth
- weight
- wholeness
- wideness
- widening
- wing
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for distension
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