(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If a part of your body is ~ed, or if it ~s, it becomes swollen and unnaturally large. (MEDICAL or FORMAL)
Through this incision, the abdominal cavity is ~ed with carbon dioxide gas...
The colon, or large intestine, ~s and fills with gas.
= swell
VERB: be V-ed, V, also V n
~ed
...an infant with a ~ed belly.
ADJ