transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪstend ]
( distends, distending, distended)
If a part of your body is distended , or if it distends , it becomes swollen and unnaturally large. ( MEDICAL or FORMAL )
Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is distended with carbon dioxide gas...
The colon, or large intestine, distends and fills with gas.
= swell
VERB : be V-ed , V , also V n
• dis‧tend‧ed
...an infant with a distended belly.
ADJ